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MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

A Pkilosopkical and Inspirational Treatise 
on tlie EstablisKnient and. Maintenance 
of Heal til tkrou^k a Constructive 
Mental Attitude. 



BY R, SWINBURNE CLYMER, M. D. 

Graduate College of Medicine and 
Sur^erij, Ckicago, 1902. 

Autkor of "Diet, Tlie Wavj to Healtli", 
"Hi^ker Race Development", "Tke 
Wai] to Happiness", "Race Re^^ 
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Publisker s Note 

This edition of "Making Health Certain" is issued as the 
official publication of the Summer meeting of the Society held 
at Headquarters, "Beverly Hall," in four sections; First sec- 
tion — July third and ending the fourteenth; second section — 
July fifteenth and ending the nineteenth; third section — July 
twentieth and ending the thirtieth; fourth section — August 
fifth and ending the twelfth, 1921. 

Copyrighted, 1921. 
All Rights Reserved. 



Tke Vision 

I lived in an age of strife; all about me were men con- 
sumed by ill-will, malice, and hatred. They fought one against 
the other: class against class; even the children taking part, 
having knowledge of only the inharmonious life; being ill- 
shapen and miserable, weakly and sickly, with no light shining 
from their dullen eyes. 

The women were in the background, natural prey to the 
passions of men; for men had no love for each other; and ev^i 
in the midst of clans there was mutual distrust of one for the 
other; while they fought their supposed enemies, not because 
they loved each other better, but because they hated them more. 

Out of the midst of the confusion came a Voice as from 
heaven and bade me look. As in a cloud of fire there appeared 
unto me a vision of two divinely perfect beings; their bodies 
were glorious; as of shining ivory which had life. Out of their 
eyes looked a Soul of Love; Male and Female were they. 

As I gazed inthralled, at their feet appeared children; per- 
fect as the twain. Gradually appeared other full-grown men 
and women round about them; and in their midst other children; 
all of them perfect. There was no indication of disease, misery, 
hatred or discontent; all was harmony; strife and malice had 
been replaced with love and happiness. As I continued to look 
upon the glorious vision, a Voice spake unto me : 

"This is the new heaven and the new earth, the two become 
one, and I, thy God, shall b^ with thee and thy people." 
January 8, 1914, 



Introductory 



The Philosophy-Science-Religion outlined in the present 
work is admittedly founded on Manhood, a manhood strong, 
virile, and true; one which, strange as it may at first appear, is 
in entire harmony with the true conception of Godhood. 

During the past centuries mankind has been almost univer- 
sally taught that to be able to enter the kingdom of heaven, it was 
necessary for him to deny the body; crucify the flesh; in fact, 
practically destroy the physical; believing by so doing, he would 
earn the heavenly reward, a place in the Elysian fields of the 
Great Hereafter. 

Such an abnormal existence was believed to be the means of 
exalting the soul, though less than one believer out of a thousand 
ever gave thought to what the soul actually might be, or on what 
it was dependent for its existence. This was placing a premium 
on weakness of body; because any doctrine, science, religion, or 
philosophy that regards the physical vehicle as a hindrance, 
burden, or a snare to man, is certain to be inducive to neglect of 
physical welfare. 

The new age is at hand, a new cycle has commenced, men are 
no longer satisfied with the inculcation of a doctrine having 
in view the debasement of the body that, if possible, the soul 
might be exalted and God glorified. To be weak, delicate in 
health, racked with pain, and a victim of disease, will soon be 
considered a shame rather than an indication of superior godli- 
ness; the new Commandment inculcates the truths that man 
glorifies God by freeing the body of disease and suffering, mak- 
ing it strong, and as nearly perfect as possible. Only through 
development of body and Soul does man, in very truth, glorify 
God. 



10 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

Naturally, the thinker realizes that instructions of this 
nature, through exaltation of the physical, have a tendency tow- 
ard prolonging life on earth, leading to immortality. He compre- 
hends that the development of the body, freedom from weakness 
and disease, and a general physical reconstruction will offer a 
fuller life and greater opportunity. The question then arises, 
if it is possible to accomplish all this, is it really desirable, con- 
sidering the conditions under which man lives at the present 
time ? 

Were the answer given without due consideration, it would 
no doubt be in the negative; because under a regime where sin, 
sickness, suffering, sorrow, crime, and vice prevail, even three 
score and ten years are sufficiently long. However, we must not 
forget that as the new age advances and multitudes commence 
to comprehend the Greater Philosophy, undesirable conditions 
will gradually give way to a more enlightened era. 

This is not a modem dream, but was clearly foretold ages 
ago. The ideal state, resulting when men finally attain Con- 
scious Immortality while on earth, was the theme of the writer 
of Revelations, as witness : 

"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the 
first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and 
there was no more sea. 

"And I, John saw the holy (whole) city. New Jeru- 
salem (the Soul having attained Sonship with God), 
coming down out of heaven, prepared as a bride 
adorned for her husband. 

"And I heard a great voice out of heaven crying. 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will 
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God 
himself shall be with them, and be their God." 
—Rev. 21:1-3. 

How few of the countless multitudes who have read 
this Scriptural passage have had even an inkling of its real 
significance? These words of the inspired writer mean 
exactly what they say; yet few have thought it possible there 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 11 

might be a great change in both heaven and earth? As a fact, 
practically no thought has been given to these great truths, 
and men generally have taken for granted that heaven, which 
is to say, the place where souls (the immortal part of man) 
are supposed to have gone after death, should continue to 
exist throughout the eternal ages. Despite this belief, John, 
greatest of the Revelators, clearly states that he saw "the j&rst 
heaven passed away." 

Heaven, as generally understood, is the plane of exist- 
ence where pass to, and remain, the souls of the Departed, 
existing forever in unalloyed joy. Philosophy terms this plane 
the Soul World J a sphere of waiting to which souls proceed 
after the death of the body, and where they remain tempo- 
rarily, until such time as they may be enabled to return to 
earth to continue their pilgrimage toward knowledge and de- 
velopment. 

To use a homely, but practical, comparison, the Soul 
World, heaven so-called, is neither more or less than a "clear- 
ing house," a clearing house being a center where opinion is 
passed on checks, drafts, and accounts to determine whether 
they are valid and worthy of exchange. Somewhat similar to 
this, all souls, on leaving the body, pass to the soul world, there 
to await the time when they may be again permitted to take up 
the earth pilgrimage; this continues until the soul has finally 
attained Conscious Individuality, a Sonship with God, and 
can throw aside its carnality for Immortality. 

All souls are granted the same opportunity; and endowed 
by their Creator with the powers and the faculties possessed 
by the Infinite; although these are in the beginning only po- 
tential, and must be gradually developed by personal ef- 
fort to be available to man in attaining his highest estate; 
nevertheless, are capable of unfolding to such a degree that man 
will attain Conscious Individuality while in the flesh. Having 
achieved this through repeated earth pilgrimages, he will no 
longer have need of the soul realm through which to pass 



12 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

wherein to be tested respecting his fitness to use the potential 
forces with which he is endowed. 

Though all souls are granted the same opportunity and 
endowed with divine powers, there is no Law in heaven or on 
earth forcing them to use these potentialities in the attain- 
ment of perfection. All are given free-will and right of choice; 
being at liberty to unfold, or to neglect, the Divinity within 
themselves. He who persistently neglects the Divine Image 
in which he is created, and wilfully and deliberately lives in 
ignorance, sin, and error through repeated opportunities on 
earth, will eventually forfeit the right to Conscious Individ- 
uality and Immortality. In other words, through repeated 
failure to comply with the necessary conditions for perfection, 
it is impossible for him to attain beyond animalism, because 
the nucleus of Divine potency within will remain in a state of 
dormancy. In the event of ultimate failure to comply with 
the terms of the Creator, the Spark of Divinity within, the Soul 
atom, unawakened to activity, returns in its original state, at 
the physical death of the body, to the universal storehouse of 
the Infinite. 

Gradually, though adnlittedly slowly, individual Souls 
are attaining Consciousness. In so far as these Souls are con- 
cerned, there is no further need of the Soul World. What 
then? 

That for which there is no further use, passes away; thus, 
ultimately, the soul world, "the first heaven," will cease to 
exist. It is this which John in his prophetic vision declares 
"was passed away." He forsaw the time when men would be 
taught a constructive philosophy, one enabling them to de- 
velop their fourfold nature, and attaining potential Manhood 
— a Conscious Individuality, and when the present heaven, 
the trial chamber of souls, would no longer be necessary. 

What of the earth which he also saw "was passed away?" 
As with the first heaven, so with the first earth. As men 
attain perfection, so will the world and its conditions become 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 13 

ideal for existence. "The first earth" will have become "a 
new earth" and heaven and earth shall be one. 

It is not at all difficult to comprehend that with the prog- 
ress mankind generally is making toward individual unfold- 
ment, economic conditions must likewise improve, and human 
relationships in every department of life become more desir- 
able. The evolvement of souls on the earth manifests itself 
in improvement of humanitarian concerns and in the better- 
ment of conditions on the social, industrial, educational, and 
governmental planes, is a truth already established in the race 
consciousness. 

That this elevation of man in his fourfold nature has any 
effect upon the creatures of the earth who are less than man, 
or upon atmospheric, climatic, chemic, and other conditions to 
which man is subject, has as yet meagre claim in the race con- 
sciousness; is a truth that awaits man's recognition; is a part 
of the prophetic vision of "a new heaven and a new earth." 
That mankind has been given "dominion" over creation below 
him, and has the right and privilege to "subdue the earth," 
or to exercise his superior creative ability in improving the 
earth — is a truth that must become clearly outlined in the race 
consciousness before there can be a "new heaven and a new 
earth " That the passions, thoughts, emotions, and ideals of 
man affect the earth and determine its conditions as a dwelling 
place for men is a truth of which we are fully convinced; and 
is characteristic of the teachings of the new age; lying at the 
basis of a rational conception of Conscious Individuality. 

Hermes, called the Thrice Wise, expressed an absolute 
law in a few words: "As above, so below." As above on the 
human plane, so below on the physical plane, both vegetable 
and animal. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." 
Equally true, "as a man thinketh in his heart, so the animal 
world and vegetable kingdom about him." For every destruc- 
tive passion and evil desire in the heart of man, there is appar- 
ent some evil or unfortunate manifestation in the external world. 
What man breathes out, animal and vegetable life breathes 



14 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

in and lives upon. Through the exhalations of his thoughts and 
passions, man furnishes food and nourishment to the king- 
doms below him, both vegetable and animal. The breath of 
man is loaded with the vitality of his thought creations; if 
his thoughts are noble, pure and worthy, the emanations exhaled 
through his breath, being wholesome and vitalizing, feed and 
support the life of beautiful, valuable creations, as, flowers, 
herbs, birds, fowls, and animals of a superior order and benef- 
icient character. If his thoughts and passions be destructive and 
ignoble, charged with ill-will toward others, the emanations 
exhaled through his breath are loaded with poisons, sustain- 
ing on planes below him life of an inferior order, or of a de- 
structive and vicious nature; hence it is a literal fact "as above 
so below." As in the world of human thought and emotion, so 
in the world of manifestation in the subhuman. 

These laws explain how man has dominion over the planes 
below him, and in truth is the creator and nourisher of king- 
doms beneath. Neither is it a myth or fancy that awakening 
his soul into Conscious Individuality on the human plane is 
both the cause and creation of "a new heaven and a new 
earth." In proportion as man's thoughts and passions are 
exalted and pure, in like ratio are "the first heaven and first 
earth passed away." This throws new light on the mission of 
man; not only creator of his own destiny, not alone his "broth- 
er's keeper," but also in a very remarkable manner Lord of 
creation and master of both heaven and earth, and through 
thought, desire, emotion, and idealism, responsible for external 
conditions on the earth on which he lives; for realizing the 
Divine Purpose, by ushering in "the new heaven and the new 
earth." 

Undesirable conditions on earth in its physical, as well as 
in its economic, industrial, an4 social features are due to the 
heavy, depressed, poisonous atmosphere emanating from man's 
thought world. Disasters resulting in loss of many lives; de- 
vastations and ravages by storm, flood, fire, and wind; violent 
wreckage of life through pestilence, drgught and famine, and 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 15 

other dire calamities, unaccountable from physical causes 
merely, are recognized by the Seer as due to an excessive 
accumulation of poisonous vibrations from the realm of human 
thought and passion. If a fit of anger of the mother is power- 
ful enough to poison the infant at her breast, inducing its 
death, how much more harm and disaster is spread broadcast by 
the accumulated poison of countless numbers of malicious and 
perverted lives. Argument is unnecessary to prove that mental 
states of an individual affect his physical condition. Sudden 
fright, sad news, prolonged uncertainty and anxiety, extreme 
violence of temper, intense fear, and other disturbed mental 
states, are fully recognized by all thinkers; and the skilful 
reasoning of scientist or psychologist is not required to convince 
man of the plausibility of the statement that mental conditions 
are often, very often, responsible for sickness and death, weak- 
ness and failure. If mental states are visibly effective in indi- 
vidual cases, how much more so must be the collective accumu- 
lation of a multitude of people. It is claimed by scientific in- 
vestigators that all destructive passions, as, fear, anger, ill- 
will, malice, hate, melancholy, depression of spirit, form vibra- 
tions of heavy, solid, sluggish character, charged with poison- 
ous elements and explosive substances. As thunder cloud 
meeting storm cloud results in an outburst of forces, liberating 
the destructive substances of each, so the collective cross-cur- 
rents of thought and feeling emanating from many lives result 
in disaster and calamities, that are too frequently meekly ac- 
cepted as "strange, but unaccountable visitations of Provid- 
dence." 

Remember that man and his soul, great as these are in 
the opinion of the egotist, are, in Biblical phraseology, said 
to be emanations from God. Man, being the prototype of God, 
also creates or destroys through his emanations. 

Arguing constructively, if there is such power for harm 
in destructive mental emotions and passions, how much greater 
the potency for good in constructive and righteous mental 
states? Through the collective power of goodness, love, for- 



16 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

giveness, and justice emanating from the minds and hearts of 
many, conditions will so change as to make this earth 
a desirable habitation for Conscious souls. This will come 
about gradually and slowly, but eventually it shall be; it is 
actually now taking place; "the first earth" is in process of 
"passing away," "the new earth" in process of formation. To 
the Seer of the present day as to the Inspired Revelator of a 
former age, has been granted the prophetic vision of the "first 
earth" with its carnality, distress, and wreckage "passing away" 
and so fully convinced is he of the infinite power of Goodness 
operating through those reaching Conscious Individuality that 
he forsees the earth and its conditions becoming a fit dwell- 
ing place for "the redeemed of the Lord to walk thereon," that 
he is willing to give his life to the promulgation of the truth 
leading to this regeneration. 

The philosophy of analogy reveals a correspondence, re- 
semblance, or subtle kinship between life on the vegetable and 
animal kingdoms to human traits and characteristics. To il- 
lustrate: The serpent has always been considered symbolic of 
temptation, deception, and traitorous tendencies; the dove, of 
peace and good- will; the lamb, of innocence and gentleness; 
the lily, of purity and sinlessness; the rose, of beauty and per- 
fection. 

Are these emblematic interpretations merely a "happy coin- 
cidence?" Nothing more than observations which please and 
gratify the poetic and esthetic nature of man? Or is there a 
fundamental reason, an eternal cause, making them not only apt, 
but really vitally and universally significant? 

The correctness and fitness of an analogy is testified to in 
the fact that it is accepted naturally and spontaneously by man- 
kind generally. To point out an analogy is not the result of 
deep mental study or of careful reasoning; but of soulful vis- 
ion; a clear insight into fundamental truth. If the associa- 
tion of qualities indicated by a symbol is true and accurate, 
the race consciousness accepts it spontaneously and without 
question. 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 17 

With the seeker after truth it is different, he will not rest 
until he knows the reason "why." In time he discovers that 
there is a fundamental reason for the aptness of the analogy. 
To illustrate: The snake is emblematic of treachery and 
deceit. When the heart of man is filled with treacherous, 
deceitful, traitorous thoughts, desires, and motives, the exhala- 
tions of his breath are loaded with the particular poison that 
deceptive thoughts and purposes produce; this exhaled poison 
becomes the life and the sustaining force of the animal crea- 
tion that corresponds to this type of thought. The deadly snake 
and poisonous viper are sustained and nourished by the de- 
structive exhalations of perverted minds and darkened souls; 
and when men cease to have in their hearts the particular pas- 
sions that the serpent represents and feeds upon, it will cease 
to exist; or, at least, it will no longer remain the creature loathed 
and abhorred by mankind almost universally, as at the pres- 
ent time. When man has finally overcome in his own nature 
the elements that the serpent represents, he ceases to have a 
marked abhorence to it; there is then nothing in his nature 
corresponding to it; and as an individual he no longer fur- 
nishes it life and nourishment; and though it may continue to 
exist, it will not be a terror to him. In proportion as the race 
evolves unto perfection of body, mind, and soul, in that degree 
will the serpent and deadly vipers, as well as all loathesome 
creeping, crawling creatures cease to exist as such; but will 
be transfigured creations, emblems fittingly representative 
of the graces and the virtues that have supplanted the de- 
structive and deadly passions that previously existed in the 
hearts of men. The serpent raised becomes the symbol of sal- 
vation, regeneration, or Conscious Individuality, now, as like 
with Moses in the Wilderness, the raising of the Serpent making 
Health certain. 

Thus all undesirable creatures on the animal plane will 
cease to exist when the thoughts of men are universally trans- 
muted, and men universally entertain in their hearts only the 
divine passions of love, forgiveness, good-will, 9,nd other holy 



18 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

emotions, instead of the destructive and deadly thoughts of 
hate, malice, jealousy, envy, ill-will, and resentment. 

In proportion as the race is redeemed and regenerated 
will the earth commence to abound in beautiful flowers, lus- 
cious fruits, and exquisite flying creatures. As men free their 
hearts of evil, deadly creatures and poisonous plants will dis- 
appear from the earth; in their stead coming flowers and crea- 
tions infinitely more exquisite than man in his present unfold- 
ment can possibly conceive in his imagination. So in time, 
the earth will become a Paradise, a veritable Garden of Eden; 
the men and women thereon gods and goddesses, — redeemed 
and perfected souls, but continuing to evolve new measurements 
and standards of perfection; still striving after ideals surpass- 
ing anything man is capable of comprehending. 

Then man will be "lord of creation," enabled to "subdue 
the earth." Not merely by taming the fierce and vicious, 
is he to have dominion over the animal kingdoms, nor by de- 
stroying the ferocious and domesticating the wild; or by im- 
proving species; but by living such a holy (whole) and sinless 
life that the emanations of his soul act as a redeeming and re- 
generating potency on the creation over which he has been 
made Lord and Master. 

The building of "a new heaven and a new earth" is the 
work of redemption, ceasing not with the salvation of humanity. 
Perfection of being is the goal and the ideal aimed at; but if 
man can see no farther than individual benefit, his aim is 
deficient or his desires largely selfish. 

God is with men; He dwells with them; they are His 
people; but to come into a full realization of the kinship it is 
necessary that man obey the Law, both Natural and Divine, 
thus will he attain Conscious Individuality, Potential Power, 
Success, making Health certain. 

Fraternally Given, 

R. SWINBURNE CLYMER. 
"Beverly Hall," Quakertown, Pa. 
June 24, 1920. 



Ckapter One 

Let the Sick Be Healed. 

Jesus, whom multitudes recognize as one of the foremost 
exponents of the Divine Law, gave many admonitions to those 
who would follow the "Way, the Truth, and the Life;" ir- 
respective of whether they believe him to have been divine. Of 
these none stands out more clearly than the command to heal 
the sick. In the Gospel of St. Luke are many references to the 
duty of the one to the other; the most direct and 
positive command is in verse nine of chapter ten^: 

"And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, 
The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you." 

Why should the command: "Heal the sick," be accom- 
panied by the statement that those who are healed shall be told 
the kingdom of God is come nigh unto them? 

There is a close alliance between health and the kingdom 
of God; disease and the plane of error and sin. All illness 
is due to violation of the laws of health — and such disobedience 
to rules governing the well-being of man is error or sin; fur- 
thermore, those who commit sin cannot know heaven, for disease 
is pain and pain is purgatory or hell. The error or sin may be 
unconscious, nevertheless, "ignorance of the law excuses none," 
and all who disobey must pay the penalty to the "utmost far- 
thing." 

We freely concede that disease of body and mind is more 
often due to ignorance than to deliberate disobedience, but the 
ultimate result is the same. Where there is illness and suffer- 
ing, there is neither ease nor harmony; a condition of discord 
is enthroned, heaven — a state of bliss — is unknown. 

The command "heal the sick" should not be interpreted in 
its too literal sense, otherwise we would at once understand it as 



20 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

required of us to command the ill to "get up and walk." While 
this is possible in numerous instances, the real interpretation is, 
we should instruct all how to live; mentally, physically and 
spiritually, thus making a state of inharmony, or illness, im- 
possible. This is what is meant by "Heal the sick." 

The fact of a vital connection between health and the 
kingdom of heaven has been overlooked by most churches and 
religious denominations, or made a fetish of. The church has 
undoubtedly lost much of its hold upon humanity, largely be- 
cause it has ceased to make healing of the bodily ills a prom- 
inent part of its mission. The New Commandment in its 
Christie Interpretations proposes to re-establish this important 
feature of religious instruction; and one of the essentials of the 
Humanitarian Society is to instruct and train its members in 
respect to natural laws as they pertain to physical and mental 
health, strength, and vigor, thus making Health certain. 

This we consider to be an essential feature of the "Way, 
the Truth, and the Life," and under such instructions and 
training, every member should not alone regain health and 
strength, if lost, but also become qualified to help others in 
their search for health, for strength, and for vital stamnia, so 
necessary for success and happiness, which is the kingdom of 
heaven on earth. 

This virile doctrine, that physical health and vigor are 
natural manifestations of the kingdom of heaven in human 
experience, while disease and suffering are symbolic of hades, 
or the sphere of error and darkness, is founded upon the Sacred 
Scriptures; and a basis for this may likewise be found in the 
ancient philosophies. It is actually not essential to use the 
Bible as authority; however, men generally recognize the teach- 
ings of the prophets and apostles recorded in the Bible as the 
foundation upon which all true doctrines rest; though there are 
some, indeed many, who consider themselves superior to all 
religious instructions; claiming they have no further need for 
philosophy and sacred writings^ but this self-deluded superior- 
ity indicates they have not yet reached the first step on the 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 21 

ladder of true Wisdom. All enlightened men recognize that 
the Bible, whether they accept it as original or a rewriting of 
ancient philosophies, contains the Alpha and Omega of all 
knowledge, and that therein is clearly indicated the Way to 
Life — the method for making Health certain. Therefore, the 
Scriptural inculcations are accepted by us as the basis of our 
instructions; acknowledging, at the same time, that the sacred 
writings of other than the so-called Christian religion preserve 
kindred doctrines. 

We maintain that all illness, no matter what its nature, 
is caused directly through refusal to live in harmony with the 
Law of God, which Law has two aspects, one natural, the other 
Divine. The Law of God, often designated as "the Law," or 
"the Divine Law," is actually both natural and divine, but is 
often spoken of as one or the other, due to the prominence of the 
aspect in mind. In general, natural law refers to conditions on 
the physical and material plane, and pertains to the physical 
well-being of man ; while divine law, variously considered, refers 
to all things which affect the welfare of the soul, embracing the 
mental, spiritual, and divine nature in man. There is, however, 
no sharp distinction to be made between the two, because de- 
velopment of man's spiritual, mental, and divine nature actually 
depends upon his physical well-being as a necessary basis. The 
divine law rests upon the natural as a foundation; each is es- 
sential to the other; in fact, it is the same law viewed from 
different angles. 

Thus, let it be clearly understood in the beginning as a 
basic proposition of the New Commandment; first, the state of 
consciousness designated as "the kingdom of heaven" includes 
right living (Righteousness), or correct habits of life, on the 
physical plane, as well as in the spiritual, or divine, sphere of 
thought; second; any consideration of the "Way, the Truth, and 
the Life" that ignores the physical well-being of man is not only 
incomplete, but irrational and illogical; third, the command to 
heal the sick, is proof of the vital relation between health and 
the kingdom of heaven, illness and the plane of sin and error, 



22 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

makes it imperative for us to give instructions and training re- 
garding the laws of health and formulate a rational basis and 
method ,for making Health certain. 

It is the verdict of many physicians that illness is most 
frequently resultant in an erroneous system of living, or destruc- 
tive habits of life; indeed, a more explicit statement would be: 
illness is most frequently induced by an inexcusably incorrect 
combination of food. 

Time was, not many years agone, when it would have been 
thought absurd for a teacher, a prophet, or a Messiah, to asso- 
ciate dietetics with Life and with Salvation; but that age is 
past. In the present awakening, all wise men, all enlightened 
ones, know that all entering the body as food and drinlc has 
much to do with the welfare of it, therefore of the mind, con- 
sequently of the soul. The thoughtful person, of keen insight 
and normal mentality, no longer believes it irrational to asso- 
ciate hygiene and scientific dietetics with a life that makes 
Health certain. 

In certain respects food and drink are to the body what 
oil is to machinery. A delicate mechanism may be thrown 
out of working order and rendered useless by being lubricated 
with a poor grade of oil; and not until it has been cleaned, 
reoiled, and its equilibrium re-established, will the machine 
satisfactorily serve the purpose for which it was intended. In 
like manner, man's organism may be thrown into a state of 
disorder and inharmony by ingesting food and drink unsuited 
for its requirements; and Health naturally impaired. 

The stomach is the center of motive power of the entire 
organism*; and if that part of the human economy wherein 
constructive activity originates is reduced to inharmony and 



*No less an authority than the great publisher Cyrus H. K. 
Curtis, of Philadelphia, writing for "Touchstones of Success" 
stated: "A sound physical condition depends upon what and 
how much you put into the body; and what and how much you 
take out, or in other words, perfect digestion and elimination. 
The whole secret of success starts right there — the treatment of 
tlie stomach. See to it that you get that right." 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 23 

turmoil, the discord is transmitted to the brain through the 
medium of the sympathetic nerve, frequently causing un- 
natural and morbid thought and irrational action. Such de- 
structive thought-action, in turn inducing sluggish, ambitionlc^s 
movements of the body ; and this physical inertia often account- 
ing for inefficient workmen and artisans; and, in exaggerated 
form, may even be the basis of criminal tendencies or feeble- 
mindedness. Futhermore, sluggish, congested, burdened and 
depressed physical functions largely explains the prevalent in- 
difference among mankind to the Laws of Life, and the Salva- 
tion of all that is Immortal in man. 

It is of equal importance to man to understand natural 
law as to be familiar with the divine, or spiritual law. Man is 
rightly called the prototype of the universe, or the microcosm; 
and, as such, he should understand the mechanism of his own 
physical structure and the method of its functioning, that he 
may abide by the dictates of universal order. 

The church of the past has been inculcating the doctrine 
that souls alone are of value, and becoming immortal, or 
reaching salvation, regardless of physical conditions. Sal- 
vation of soul independent of the body is a dogma not sanc- 
tioned by the Christie Interpretation as it places a premium on 
weakness and physical slavery. Salvation by faith independ- 
ent of works, or a manifestation of that faith, is not accepted 
by the New Commandment. Faith must be accompanied by 
works in harmony with the degree of the belief professed; 
full and perfect salvation of soul is impossible without a cor- 
responding purification of the body; such are the definite 
tenets of the new, living, vital religious life of the new cen- 
tury; and there is every evidence that the Master teacher, 
Jesus, associated salvation of soul with health of body. 

Possibly the strongest statement ever made by Jesus con- 
cerning the perfection of physical life, is: 

"Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. 
Believest thou this?" 

This, in the correct translation, would read: Whoso- 



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24 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

ever believeth and liveth as / teach, shall never die. Contrary 
to the idea of multitudes, it is not sufficient to merely believe, 
irrespective of how sublime a truth may be, but requires actual 
obedience to the wisdom expressed. Science is daily proving 
tlie possibility of continual bodily rebuilding. It is a scien- 
tific fact that the physical body of man recreates itself entirely, 
cell by cell, within a period of nine months ; and the only reason 
why the body becomes corrupted is because man does not live 
in harmony with the recreative law; some of the cells in the 
body being unable to renew themselves, remain to cause in- 
harmony. This partial, instead of complete renewal, gradually 
induces age; or, in many cases, illness of the physical being, 
resulting in weakness of the mental and soul being. 

Scientific research has proven conclusively there is no 
plausible reason why the body of man should become degen- 
erate. What then is the remedy for the decrepitude of age and 
impaired physical conditions? Let the motto of the Christie 
Interpretation suffice for those who would make Health cer- 
tain: "Our God is the God of life, not of death." Let the 
law as stated by St. John be the final answer to the question: 
"Whosoever believeth, and Uveth in the Christ (true, or nat- 
ural way) shall not die." 

To live in the Christ is a natural sequence to true faith in 
all that Jesus taught. Jesus nowhere inculcated the doctrine 
that mere belief in the Christ would suffice; but distinctly 
stated that, whereby to attain Christhood, man must live as He 
lived — that is, in harmony with natural and divine law; only 
through correct living can man prove that he actually believes. 
Countless multitudes profess to have faith in God, but do not 
live in accordance with his commandments; and a faith that 
does not exemplify the Law is, at best, superficial; a self- 
deluded belief, swept away at the first indication of sorrow or 
trouble. To weep and to bewail one's fate, to wonder why 
man should suffer when, as he foolishly thinks, he trusts in the 
Lord — this very attitude of mind gives evidence of lack of faith 
which has its fountain in the heart. Implicit trust in God forces 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 25 

one to a life in harmony with natural and divine law, are neces- 
sary supplements and companions, each of the other, making 
Health certain. 

All science and philosophy support the assertion that it 
is impossible for a disordered mind resultant on a diseased 
body, to have natural, simple, perfect faith and trust in either 
man or the great Father. It is indeed contrary to reason to 
believe that the mind can think correctly and to have clear 
vision when it is depressed and morbid through physical dis- 
order and congestion. On the contrary, when man lives in 
harmony with natural and divine law, when he observes hy- 
genic rules and honors the principles of right living on the 
material plane as also on the mental and the divine, it is but 
natural for him to have a wholesome and sincere trust in God, 
the Father of all. The mind then receives none other than 
cheerful, health-inspiring vibrations from the physical center in 
the life of man; finding it easy to believe that there is a God; to 
see the beauty in the rose; the harmony in the song of the 
bird, and the glorification of God in Nature. All is bright and 
desirable, the eye beholds the good and man is become like 
unto the gods, thus is Health made certain. 

Physical health, strength, and vigor characterize him in 
whom "the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand," disease and 
disorder are symbolic of him in whom the darkness of sin and 
error are reflected, are truths which both science and philosophy 
support. Belief and trust will not be found missing in the 
soul of the man who lives in harmony with both natural and 
divine law. 

The Laws of God pertain to life, and have reference to all 
which form a part of daily living. It is well for man to give 
careful attention to Regenerative precepts. No one should con- 
sider himself too wise, too far advanced, or too refined to be- 
come acquainted with the requirements for righteous living on 
the physical plane. This includes sleep, labor, exercise, breath- 
ing, recreation, pleasures, cleanliness, a corrective diet and ex- 
alted thought habits. It is not uncommon for such who have 



26 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

reached a certain degree of development to consider conditions 
which pertain to physical welfare of inferior significance; and 
be inclined to under-estimate the importance of the so-called 
commonplaces of daily life. 

These should be reminded that the Bible is as much a 
text book on hygiene, sanitation, eugenics, and dietetics as it 
is a treatise on ethics, and the path to Salvation, or Immor- 
tality. Hygiene, sanitation, eugenics, and the importance 
of a correct diet vitally affecting salvation and immortal- 
ity of body and soul. The fact that these all are a part of the 
life of man clearly indicates they are important enough to 
enlist his interest; and, if he really desires to attain health 
and peace, wisdom and happiness, he must, sooner or later, 
give heed to the natural law which governs the physical plane, 
thus Health becomes manifest, and happiness a certainty. 

The superficial student seeking for a solution of recon- 
structive problems may smile at the emphasis placed on the 
importance of natural and hygienic laws; but, if sincere in his 
search, he need not look afar for ample proof of their im- 
portance. The fact that obedience to Nature's behests is es- 
sential, and that strict observances of all that pertains to sleep, 
work, exercise, recreation, breathing, food, and cleanliness is a 
necessary factor of an ennobling life, is not to be overlooked by 
any who would make life desirable and Health certain. 

Concerning the command, "Heal the sick," it is to be re- 
membered that, as illness is due to violation of the law in one 
or more of its aspects, so the restoration of the sufferer through 
a normal observance of the health rules violated, must be the 
aim. If illness is due to an incorrect dietary; disobedience of 
the laws of relaxation or sleep and rest; a lack of exercise; in- 
difference to internal and external cleanliness; insufficient sup- 
ply of pure air, or a combination of these indiscretions, restora- 
tion to complete health and harmony of the physical functions 
must include a rectification of all these errors. 

An illustration of the results of refusing to live in harmony 
with the natural law in its various demands, note the serious 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 27 

and delusive ailment known as Neurasthenia, or Nerve Star- 
vation. In most of these cases there is apparently not one in- 
dication of organic trouble, every organ and function may 
seem to be performing its duty; the physical being, to all ap- 
pearance, and as far as examination will indicate, is normal. 

But how is it with the mind and the soul of the sufferer? 
There is no sleep; or, if any, it is one horrible dream. There 
is no peace of mind; one morbid thought crowding out an- 
other; one delusion following the other. Though the sufferer 
attempts to control the mind, it is uncontrollable. The eyes 
cannot be closed for a moment unless panorama after pano- 
rama passes before the mental vision. He may look at the rose 
but can see no beauty in it. The sun may shine but to him 
there is no brightness. The vesture of field and woods have no 
charm for him. He contemplates life, but it is a waste of time. 
The Neurasthenic cares for neither beauty or love; life or death 
are as one to him. He cannot see a reason for his own exis- 
tence, nor does he care whether there is heaven or hell after 
death. Life is a continuous horror to him, and those who have 
not suffered in like manner can form no adequate picture of 
such suffering. 

It was of such cases as these that Jesus said they had a 
demon, or even many devils. The mind of the sufferer is one 
vast sphere of hallucinations. He knows these visions are delu- 
sions, are unreal; but lacking control, cannot cast them aside. 

This is but a mild picture of a condition from which 
millions suffer in some degree; and multitudes rapidly approach- 
ing. It is asserted the white race is losing its "nerve," and 
gradually falling into this neurasthenic state. 

What is the cause ? The answer may seem absurd to many, 
but it is an absolute fact that starvation of the nervous system 
is responsible in most cases; this is due to long continued dis- 
obedience of the natural law in its various aspects — improper 
nourishment, hurry and rush in business, insufficiency of rest 
and sleep, lack of exercise and fresh air; chiefly because of the 



28 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

consumption of denatured food to the exclusion of Nature's of- 
fering. 

And the Cure? The restoration of a person who has 
fallen into the clutches of this dread ailment must be along 
rational lines and include proper thought atmosphere, a correct 
dietary, plenty of exercise in pure air, sleep and rest, and en- 
couragement. Even if it were possible to produce an instan- 
taneous cure, of what value would it be if the one suffering 
were permitted to persist in former destructive habits? Nor 
must we forget that the Neurasthenic has lost faith in God; 
no longer believing in a future life; nor worrying a particle 
whether he pK)ssesses a soul or does not. Here we have a con- 
crete instance of disease having a direct and profound influence 
on the mind and soul. 

This serves merely as one illustration of the principle 
that in the restoration of health it is essential to communicate 
instructions dealing with the natural as well as the divine law; 
that the change in life must transform daily habits of living; 
that we must teach how to live as well as to believe in the 
Christ — ^to live a life of obedience to Nature's rule as well as 
to God's fiat; and trust, with sincerity and simplicity of heart, 
in God, the Father of all. Thus do we make Health certain 
and the goal is Happiness. 



Ckapter Tmto 



^'And He sent them to Preach the Kingdom of God, 
and to Heal the Sick." 

All who professed conversion to the religion inculcated by 
Jesus were charged with a two-fold work : To preach the king- 
dom of God — pointing the way to an Elysian state of existence; 
and, to heal the sick. 

It is impossible to separate one from the other. Any at- 
tempt to do so ends in failure. The established churches have 
been experimenting along this idea for centuries; but the many 
attempted innovations are silent proof of their admission that 
results have been far from satisfactory. 

Many have questioned: Why should these two depart-* 
ments of work go hand in hand — "to preach the kingdom of God, 
and to heal the sick?" It would be more pertinent and rational 
to ask: Why should not these two services, preaching the king- 
dom and pointing the way to health, go hand in hand? Why 
vshould they ever have been separated at all, understanding as 
we do, that to find the kingdom is likewise to have made Health 
certain. 

Their separation was due to an erroneous interpretation of 
the phrase "the kingdom of heaven,*" a mistaken idea of the 
relation existing between soul and body; a misconception of the 
meaning of the words "salvation" and "redemption." Undoubt- 
edly their reunion will be effected through the acceptation of 
the Christie Interpretation of the kingdom of God and its re- 
lation to man in every department of his life. 

According to the Christie Interpretation, the kingdom of 
God includes the domain of health and right living on the physi- 
cal plane ; the salvation of the soul cannot be separated from the 



30 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

regeneration of the body; redemption of soul pre-supposes reju- 
venation of body; Life and Regeneration, in its full and com- 
plete realization, anticipates ultimate victory over weakness and 
sickness and the terror of the grave. When the truth concerning 
man and his relationship to God is finally comprehended, man 
living the natural life, realizing this ideal existing between 
himself and the Creator, illness will be impossible. 

"Whosoever liveth, and believeth in the Christ shall never 
die." 

Here again we meet two principles which must not be sep- 
arated; but must go hand in hand, — living and believing. He 
who lacks faith will refuse to live the life of the faithful; while 
he who trusts in the supremacy of the law will live accordingly 
and will reap the benefit of his credence; the fruits of which 
are freedom from disease and weakness, and the possession of 
Happiness. 

"Christ" is not supposed to refer to a personality, but to a 
state of being. Such as live the Regenerative life will develop 
within themselves the Conscious Soul, or Conscious Individuality;' 
and this is a Christ. These shall never die because they have, 
in the present incarnation, established their relationship with the 
Father. Moreover, such will have arisen above many of the 
weaknesses of the flesh, will be immune from disease, and have 
made Health certain. 

Let it be remembered that the promises throughout Sacred 
literature of a never-ending life are only to those who live in 
the Christ and believe in Him. To those who do not so live, 
who are not in harmony with His laws, no such promise is of- 
fered; neither are such capable of entertaining a correct con- 
ception of the principles of Conscious Individuality. Only to 
the sense enslaved, carnal pleasure loving nature is the promise 
of Regeneration uninviting. To those who have tasted of the 
goodness of the kingdom, who have but partially realized the 
power and the beauty of the life in Christ, the assurance of Im- 
mortality as an ideal possible of attainment, is worth laboring 
for; and they fully comprehend that its realization can come 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 31 

only through obedience to the Divine law and faith in the 
existence of the Christ-Principle in humanity. 

The New Commandment aims at re-establishing the vital 
and essential correspondence between the kingdom of God and 
the principles underlying health. It advocates the practical 
union of preaching this kingdom and making Health certain. 

It cannot be too strongly impressed upon all who would 
represent the new Age and its constructive doctrines, that they 
must become teachers of health as well as enlightened instruc- 
tors in the Divine Law. They must be inculcators of the truth 
as interpreting a continuous and uninterrupted existence, first 
here, and then in a Soul sphere; devotees of a rational life which 
accepts the advocation of the tenet that physical well-being is 
of equal importance with salvation of soul. 

Among people generally, there is a grievous misconception 
concerning the ministry of the Master Jesus. Multitudes still be- 
live he healed the sick despite their sinful life; and that they re- 
tained health though they did not denounce their old life of sin. 
Such a conception of the mission of Jesus is far from the truth 
and is delusive; in each instance of which we have record, he 
tested the faith of those who came to him for help; and, when 
he found it satisfactory, gave them of his best, but always with 
warning that they should sin no more, indicating thereby that 
he had instructed them in the ways of righteousness (right liv- 
ing) beforehand, otherwise his admonition of "go thy way and 
sin no more" would have been meaningless. 

Jesus fully comprehended the logic that health and harmony 
(health is harmony) cannot exist in the body of one who con- 
tinues in deliberate, persistent wrong doing (sin), and especially 
the particular error which was the basic cause of the sickness. 
To attempt freeing one of disease while ignoring the cause and 
permitting him to continue in habits that foster disease, is both 
irrational and contrary to divine authority; nor is there the 
slightest basis for such an interpretation of the cases where 
health was restored to those suffering. 

Doubtless the greater reason for testing the faith of those 



32 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

who came to him was to determine whether the sufferer under- 
stood the laws governing health and showed a willingness to seek 
freedom from the cause of the trouble. The faith that does 
not include a desire to give up habits of life which induce ill- 
ness of body or mind, is irrational. The credence that expects 
to be relieved from illness regardless of cause, and to remain 
well despite unnatural and abnormal habits of life, is deficient of 
understanding; not based on either natural or divine law; and 
shames every law of honor and justice. To believe that Jesus or 
any other instantaneously healed the body of man without en- 
lightening the sufferer how to avoid like difficulties in the fu- 
ture, is to make of him a mere wonder-worker and charlatan. 

The mission of the Humanitarian Society is to teach the 
clearly indicated laws of life; how to live and what to believe, 
whereby man may become healthy, strong, and efficient (suc- 
cessful). It is an exceedingly practical one; there is no mis- 
conception permitted that its instructions deal only with the so- 
called spiritual or unseen, and, consequently, with theories 
impractical and fanciful. The purpose of the New Command- 
ment, in its various interpretations, is to make its teachings re- 
garding the Law that leads to a fuller Life and a Conscious 
Individuality, applicable to every-day needs; and there is noth- 
ing more necessary today amongst mankind than health, strength, 
efficiency and a clearly defined philosophy of Redemption and 
Rejuvenation. No mission can be more exalted and practical 
than that of teaching the laws of God concerning man's Immortal 
self, in conjunction with the making of Health certain. 

This is the New Age, the era in which man must under- 
stand that religion is not merely a combination of peculiar ideas 
to be accepted and believed without question; but the revelation 
of a mode of life, one that can be, and must be, lived daily. As 
a revelation of the laws of life, it includes every department of 
man's nature, and is, therefore, not a theory, but a practical 
working monitor which is satisfying to the daily requirements of 
life here and now. 

The end and aim of the life of man is to become like unto 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 33 

the gods. Being endowed with divine potentialities and deific 
attributes and powers, he fulfills his mission in proportion as he 
develops his forces in harmony with universal law and order. 
When man lives entirely within the law, naturally and normally, 
he will be free from illness, from corruption, and from every- 
thing undesirable; becoming gradually like unto the gods 
and fully conscious of his Oneness with the Infinite. Sin and 
sickness, corruption and age, no longer are part of his nature. 
Admittedly these statements picture an ideal state; and men 
generally are incapable at the present moment of realizing this; 
but to sense the ideal and the possibility of its attainment, is 
essential as a stimulus to urge one to even a partial realization, 
and in proportion as desire urges obedience and effort, will be 
the ultimate achievement. 

To live the life of the Christ does not mean, as formerly 
interpreted by the religious denominations, merely the redemp- 
tion of the spiritual part of man; that idea was abandoned 
under the light of understanding that characterizes the present 
age. The Christie Interpretation maintains that redemption con- 
cerns the body of man equally with the soul, that salvation — 
literally, "a making sound, safe, and whole" — pertains not 
merely to the soul, but likewise to the body. The more fault- 
less the soul, the more exquisite will be its reflection in the body ; 
and, under normal conditions, according to the perfection of the 
body, will be the flawlessness of the soul. However, external 
appearances are not always a reliable index ; the physique may be 
apparently ideal, and yet there may be an internal cancer that 
is gnawing away the life of the body and soul. To live the life 
of the Christ refers to true perfection of body and soul ; the soul 
which has become enlightened through love, wisdom, and under- 
standing, and is on the path to Deific Consciousness, — the body 
that directs its forces into channels of etheralization and Con- 
scious Individualization — ^this pictures the actual meaning of 
living the Christ life. 

A vital lesson for the seeker to comprehend is that the body 
is of utmost importance in the work of soul development; that 



34 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

physical perfection greatly helps, indeed, is necessary, in the 
attainment of soul illumination; that the two — ^physical culture, 
aiming at health, strength, and success, and soul awakening, 
visualizing the development of deific powers and exalted con- 
sciousness — must be equal and harmonious. If the aspirant 
possesses wisdom, he will exercise scrupulous care regarding the 
requirements of the body in every respect, whereby it may become 
a greater help and a stronger support to him in his efforts toward 
advancement in both the material and spiritual realms. 

The student may learn a lesson from the experience of the 
foolish virgins. He will be careful to not only have a suffi- 
ciency of oil for his vessel,, but have it of superior quality; 
giving thoughtful consideration to the amount and quality of 
food and drink taken for nourishment; consuming only such as 
will give him strength and vitality ; avoiding that class and those 
combinations which might induce illness or weakness. He real- 
izes that strength, vigor, and vitality of the body is the basic 
foundation for soul supremacy and his legitimate right to in- 
heritance of the kingdom. He must fully comprehend that per- 
fection of body aims at continual, daily transmutation and re- 
newal of cells and the changing of the old into finer and of more 
spiritual quality; this continuous transfiguration of the physical 
into a higher and more exalted type tending constantly toward 
the immortalization of both body and soul, and is the process 
of making Health certain. 

Religious propagandists of the past were active and zealous 
in their tirades against the use of intoxicants of every descrip- 
tion; this was to be commended; but the New Commandment 
proceeds much farther than this; it recognizes that other drinks 
than those termed intoxicants, are injurious and therefore to be 
condemned; that inferior quality of food ?ind iiicorrect combina- 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 35 

tions thereof are productive of positive harm-producing illness 
and inducing crime through the effect upon the nervous system 
and the brain. We further maintain that unwise selections of 
non-nutritious foods and their combination definitely affect the 
growth and the purity of man's spiritual being. Many are vi- 
triolic in their condemnation of spirituous liquors, who are in- 
different to the degenerating effects of so-called "soft" drinks; 
likewise ignorant of the fact that an excess of tea, coffee, and 
other common beverages acts as poison to the system as truly as 
do the malted and refined liquors. 

It is desirable that all should know wine to be "a mocker 
and strong drink raging;" but it is more important to realize 
that other drinks common among men and believed to be harm- 
less, are nerve-wrecking, morality-shattering, and soul-destroy- 
ing; because a greater number enjoy them, and they have their 
most harmful influence upon children who have not attained 
full bodily growth, nor developed moral strength; likewise upK)n 
countless women who are to become mothers. 

It is equally essential for all to possess the knowledge 
than an excess of certain food elements and a deficiency of other 
elements is the direct cause of many of the ailments which af- 
flict man and that, by merely rectifying these excesses and de- 
ficiencies, the sufferer may be restored to normal; this is God's 
way of "healing the Sick" and making Health certain. 

In a much greater degree than is generally supposed, health, 
strength, efficiency, and morality, is the result of proper nourish- 
ment*. Certain elements are demanded by the human body 
wherewith to keep it physically fit. In the selection of food, it is 
not sufficient to give the one item of nutrition attention, but the 
correctness of proportion of necessary constituents and the har- 



*§ee the book "Diet, The Way to Health," 



36 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

monious combination of them, must be considered. Health can- 
not be certain as long as man is ignorant of the food require- 
ments of his body. 

The Christie Interpretation maintains that its position is 
sane and logical in claiming that food and drink are legitimate 
subjects of attention for those who are truly and deeply inter- 
ested in the kingdom of heaven and in the restoration of those 
not in possession of health. It is on a firm foundation of reason 
and practical experience in making the claim that full and com- 
plete salvation of soul is impossible in a body that is under- 
nourished, racked by starved and sensitive nerves, or poisoned 
by secretions of dead material. If Religion has a right to con- 
demn a liquor which intoxicates and by its influence on the 
brain, induces a man to commit crime, it must be equally just to 
condemn food, or a combination thereof, which through conges- 
tion, produces depression of the nerve and brain centers, thus 
exciting to crime. If one has its influence on the soul, then the 
other certainly has, and must receive equal condemnation. 

In acceptance of the command to preach the kingdom of 
God, and to heal the sick, we consider it our mission to place 
proper emphasis upon the intimate and vital relation existing 
between soul and body. The laws of life as they pertain to 
hygiene and the correct care of the physical being, are as much 
a feature of the kingdom as pure thoughts and lofty aspira- 
tions. To live and to believe in Christ, in its full and compre- 
hensive interpretation, includes a knowledge of, and obedience 
to, natural law in its relation to man's physical welfare. 

Many who come to us for help and advice have considered 
the life advocated by us as too exacting for them. Possibly 
after a partial, half-hearted trial, some will return to the old, 
(Jeath-dealing life; in doing so, they take upon themselves the 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 37 

old weaknesses and disease, often in exaggerated form. The 
undesirable effects of the old life are a thousand times harder 
to endure than would be the denial of a few destructive habits 
which cause the difficulties, if only sufficient strength were hus- 
banded to overcome them. Nothing but whole-hearted loyalty 
and sympathetic devotion to the principles of life on both the 
physical and mental plane can be accepted as a fair and 
honest test of the life which makes Health certain. 

It would be delusive to believe that the new life advocated 
by the Christie Interpretation is painfully exacting and difficult 
to follow; rather, the reverse is true. The results are so bene- 
ficial that it quickly becomes a delight to perfect oneself in the 
practice of its precepts. Often a few simple changes in the 
daily routine will be all that is necessary to effect a satisfactory 
restoration to health, strength, and success. A few non-essential 
items, which would never have been indulged were it not for 
erroneous teachings, may need to be eliminated; but the cross 
these principles impose is not hard to bear ; it denies man nothing 
that gives elevating pleasure, or proving of benefit to him; pro- 
hibiting only that which gives slight, temporary enjoyment of 
short duration, followed by great pain or sorrow. 

The New Commandment teaches a system of normal, nat- 
ural living as regards habits which affect physical health and 
spiritual illumination; a philosophy that promotes elevating 
thought and right action in the individual life. Its purpose 
is to touch the mainspring of thought and motive, and to lift 
the standard of incentive to the plane of Light and Life, away 
from that of disease, failure, and death. It instills into the ill 
and unfortunate the conviction that man must live correctly if 
he would be free from disease, suffering, and failure; that 
through obedience he may master and possess all that is truly 



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38 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

desirable and worth while .When the seeker for help fully 
realizes this, the Teacher- Healer can effectively say to him: 
"Thy sins be forgiven thee, go thy way and sin no more," and 
thus it shall be; for marvelous is the power entrusted to those 
who obey the will of God. 

When man persists in thinking elevating thoughts, in en- 
couraging refining emotions, and in correct habits of life, he will 
find that mortality passes into immortality; that the bodily cells 
are daily being transmuted into cells of finer quality. He who 
liveth and thinketh in the Christ will gradually become more 
and more like Him. This is the promise of the Father, the 
Giver of Life, to mankind, not only through Jesus, who became 
the Christ by following the doctrine he taught, but through all 
the great masters and philosophers of the past ages. 

"God is the giver of life and not of death," must be re- 
sounded throughout the universe; and those who suffer in body, 
in mind, and in soul, must be enlightened so that they may par- 
take more of life, and less of that which belongs to death; for 
let it be understood that weakness, illness, disease, inefficiency, 
instability, failure, all these belong, not to life, but to death. 

Were it untrue that the body of man is of value, and in 
need to be exalted and honored with immortality, God, the 
Father of all, and His messengers would never have called it the 
Temple of the Soul, or the Temple of the Living God. That 
the Soul may be perfect, the temple must be made pure and 
holy, and be honored with irreproachable care. This is pos- 
sible by having confidence in the promise given by God to man 
and by living in harmony with the laws of idealism. He who so 
believes and lives, is daily attaining; it cannot be otherwise, for 
he is complying with the necessary requisites in the achieve- 
ment of ultimate Conscious Individuality. 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 39 

Our God is the "God of Life and not of death," and prom- 
ises that man shall not taste of death if he lives and believes; but 
He also says with equal emphasis, "the soul that sinneth it shall 
die." Likewise is it a truth that the body that sinneth, and 
exists not in harmony with natural and divine law as exempli- 
fied by the Christ, shall be full of disease and sorrow. This is 
not because God desires it to be so, or arbitrarily wills it, be- 
cause the violation of the law automatically brings its own pen- 
alty. He who transgresses the law of harmony suffers the incon- 
venience of inharmony; he who disobeys the edict of order must 
suffer the natural consequences of disorder; he who trans- 
gresses the rules pertaining to health, must endure illness and 
failure; while he who lives in harmony with universal law and 
order, will reap the benefits of peace and harmony, and he who 
willingly pays the price of life and immortality will obtain the 
blessings of health and success; and all who live and believe in 
the Christ (the Divine in all created things) pass from mor- 
tality to immortality; for these there is no death. 



Our Mission 

The mission of the Humanitarian Society is to teach the 
clearly indicated laws of life; how to live and what to believe, 
whereby man may become healthy, strong, and efficient (suc- 
cessful). It is an exceedingly practical one; there is no mis- 
conception permitted that its instructions deal only with the so- 
called spiritual or unseen, and, consequently, with theories 
impractical and fanciful. The purpose of the New Command- 
ment, in its various interpretations, is to make its teachings re- 
garding the Law that leads to a fuller Life and a Conscious 
Individuality, applicable to every-day needs; and there is noth- 
ing more necessary today amongst mankind than health, strength, 
efficiency and a clearly defined philosophy of Redemption and 
Rejuvenation. No mission can be more exalted and practical 
than that of teaching the laws of God concerning man's Immortal 
self, in conjunction with the making of Health certain. 



Ckapter Tkree 



Believe in Life and Live. Accept the Doctrine of Death and 

You Will Surely Die. 

Throughout the ages, humanity generally, not excluding 
even the fathers of the Church, has believed in a God of death; 
considering sickness and suffering as the natural inheritance of 
man; hence the entire race has been inoculated with the con- 
viction that disease and death are unavoidable. This certainly 
appears unreasonable, the Master teacher Jesus clearly indica- 
ting throughout his entire ministry, that whosoever believes and 
lives in the Christ (the true life) shall not die. 

The virile doctrine promulgated by the master teacher 
positively declares that illness and death have no part in the life 
of the true man; therefore, should not be included in his Faith; 
yet man is only now awakening to the fact that he has been 
grossly guilty of serious mistakes these many years. He is 
gradually arriving at the conviction that instead of having had 
faith in Life and Immortality — a God of Life and Happiness, 
he has given habitation in his heart and mind to the ancient race 
belief in the necessity of disease and suffering, — a god of 
death; in mortality rather than Immortality. 

This race belief in the necessity, or the impossibility of 
avoiding disease, has acted as a slow, death-dealing poison, a 
virus inoculating Man's entire being; bringing upon him these 
very conditions; thereby burdening him with weakness and fail- 
ure, the end whereof is death. 



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But the epoch of spiritual darkness is passing, while the 
cycle of wisdom and understanding is being rapidly ushered 
in. With the birth of the new age, and the understanding of 
the Christie Interpretation which consistently advocates a God 
of life as opposed to one of death, the changing of the belief in 
mortality to one in Immortality; while for the old doctrine incul- 
cating the idea that man is "a worm of the dust," it substitues 
the logical one that he is actually " a child of the King," a 
creation of God the Father, whose rightful inheritance is Ira- 
mortality and Conscious Individuality. The New Command- 
ment is doing all in its power to break the chains of bondage to 
the credence that disease and death are man's inevitable heritage, 
and maintains firmly and openly the conviction that man's des- 
tiny is to become like unto God, the Father, his Creator; that it 
is his mission to express the Divine character and attributes, to 
exemplify his Divine possibilities, thus finding happiness and 
securing power, and making Health certain. 

We Command you : Tear from the heart of you the age-old 
idea that man must forever suffer and be in sorrow. Establish 
in your soul and mind an active faith in the possibility of con- 
tinued health and of attaining ultimate Immortality. Break 
the fetters that bind you to the race belief in the necessity of sin 
and death. Live simply, naturally, and normally, in accordance 
with Nature's and God's Law; and you will shortly free your- 
self from disease and weakness, from sorrow and failure, and 
ultimately from the fear of death. This is the doctrine in- 
culcated by the Humanitarians in the New Commandment, and 
is making Health certain. 

Not alone is it essential to cast aside forever the race be- 
lief in the necessity of disease, sorrow and failure; but also 
to attain an active, abiding faith in the power and the relia- 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 43 

bility of the All Father, and in His promises that man may 
possess health and happiness, and become as one of the gods. 
It is likewise of the utmost importance for man to live in har- 
mony with such a professed faith and cultivate habits exem- 
plifying it. 

The mode of life daily manifesting a perfect reliance in 
the All Father includes all that affects man's physical welfare, 
such as, sleep, rest, exercise, work, and thought. Worry, haste, 
anxiety, hatred, malice resentment and fear are destructive 
and must be eliminated from mind and heart. The one seek- 
ing to personify the true life must honor the laws of Nature as 
they pertain to the elements, as air, light and sunshine; must 
so arrange his interests as to apportion his time between active 
work, rest and relaxation, exercise and innocent pleasures, in- 
cluding all that under normal conditions, brings health and 
happiness to man. 

The seeker for the highest that life has to offer must 
guard against those elements in food which are not conducive 
to his welfare in every respect. Perhaps there is no other habit 
more detrimental to health than the over-indulgence in sweets 
and starches to the exclusion of the essential nerve-and-vitality- 
building foods. If we ingest an excess of sweets and starchy 
elements, it is utterly impossible to consume the required amount 
of the vital food with which the system must be supplied, re- 
sulting in disease, age, failure, and death; respecting drinks, 
we must learn to avoid those which are stimulating, and indulge 
freely in those which are eliminating and thirst quenching. If 
these suggestions are rationally observed, balance, or harmon- 
ious adjustment of forces obtains; this is conducive to efficiency, 
youth, long life, making Health certain. 

Under present economic conditions, with the exception of 



44 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

the hard working manual laborer, man should deny himself 
almost entirely the starchy foods, especially the white, denatured 
breads and pastry; these are disease inducing and death deal- 
ing. We include too great an amount of refined sugars ; they rob 
the system of the natural lime necessary to its well-being, and 
create an abnormal craving for tea, coffee, and other stimulating 
drinks. Man imagines he requires these apparent foods, and 
indulges freely, to find in them superficial and merely temporary 
effects, and of no vital, permanent value to human economy. 
When the correct dietary is adhered to, the unnatural desire 
for stimulants and an over-abundance of food gradually di- 
minishes, and an actual rebuilding of the system eventually tak- 
ing place; the entire organism is liberated from those serums 
inducing illness, weakness, inefficiency, age, and Health re- 
sults. 

The Christie Interpretation considers not alone the soul, 
but also the physical man; fully comprehending that the Im- 
mortal Soul must have its foundation in a normal, healthy habi- 
tation; without the material vehicle through which to manifest, 
the soul cannot develop permanency of individual existence. 
The New Commandment recognizes the whole (holy) being; 
in this, it harmonizes with the Great Teacher, as also with the 
wise old philosophers, in their emphasis on Life and Immor- 
tality, and an active faith which manifests in works. 

The religion advocated by the New Commandment is not a 
fanatical faith, but one founded on reason and truth. It is 
practical results which verify the truth or the falsity, the benefit 
or the disadvantage, of a system or doctrine. The Christie 
Interpretation has been satisfactorily tested time and again 
and proves beyond dispute, that when man obeys the principles 
inculcated and offers them a thorough, faithful trial, in every 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 45 

instance health, peace, efficiency, and success were resultant 
fruits. Through these the Humanitarians are becoming daily 
more zealous in the propagation of the principles taught ; firmly 
convinced that theirs is a normal, rational faith, a wisdom based 
on the correct interpretation of Truth. 

The ancient precept has been that the chief aim and end 
of life is "to glorify God, and to enjoy oneself forever." When 
one seriously considers the meaning of the expression, "to glorify 
God," it must be admitted that it is all-inclusive in its scope; 
that it may well be regarded as the "chief end and aim of life." 
Alas! How few give these words any serious thought. 

How better can man possibly glorify God than by becoming 
like Him, by living the natural, normal, happy life whereby to 
free himself from the burden of illness, suffering, and sorrow? 
How better, than by being able to say : "Here am I, my body is 
perfect, functioning as freely and as regularly as the universe, 
part of which I am. Here I stand, not merely whole of body, 
but with a soul ideal in its activities. My physical being is 
like the universe in its obedience to law and order. My soul 
like the Father who rules the universe. Though but a minia- 
ture being, a Macrocosm, I am fashioned after the great uni- 
verse, the Macrocosm; and my Soul daily inhales of the per- 
fection of the Father. I obey, to the best of my ability and 
understanding, the command, 'Be ye therefore perfect even as 
your Father in heaven is perfect.' " 

However extravagantly imaginative these words may ap- 
pear to the sense-bound, carnal mind, there is nothing of sacri- 
lege or blasphemy in them. They merely express obedience to 
the standard as taught by Jesus after becoming the perfect Soul, 
the Christ, through obedience to the laws he taught. When 
properly understood, they express the deepest humility man can 



46 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

comprehend; the most complete self-renunciation; the most pro- 
found sincerity and simplicity of trust in God, the Father, 
rather than in the self. 

In manifesting such a degree of development, man is no 
less a man; and it is then that he enjoys himself forever; he 
is not required to give up anything which can possibly give him 
enjoyment or true happiness. He must refuse only that bring- 
ing him temporary pleasure, and which, like a thief of the 
night, is robbing him of tenfold more than it is offering. No 
seeker need fear he will be called upon to denounce any joy 
belonging to the normal human being; such is not true. That 
which may result in pain or sorrow to the one indulging or to 
another is always forbidden man ; it is deceiving and destructive. 
It is well to accept the principle that the chief end of life is to 
glorify God and to enjoy oneself forever; but it must be borne 
in mind joy is illegitimate when it is at the expense of the self 
or of any other. 

Under bondage of the old race belief that sickness cannot 
be avoided, that man is bom to suffering, death ending all, there 
could be no certain lasting pleasure; for in the midst of it the 
thought of illness and death would creep in. Under the new dis- 
pensation, all this proved untrue; and man learns he need not 
"surely die," but may "surely live," if he is willing to obey the 
law and live the Christ life, thereby making Health certain. 

Nor is this all. In obtaining freedom for the physical 
being, the Temple, there is likewise created something infinitely 
greater — ^the awakening of the Soul, the evolution of Conscious 
Individuality. It is here the Christie Interpretation finds its 
strongest basis for faith in the Fatherhood of God and the Im- 
mortality of the Soul; because, as man obeys both natural and 
divine law; as he obtains freedom for the body, he liberates 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 47 

the soul which has been bound as with chains of steel. Through 
continually living the Christie life, the soul is bom anew; and 
will comprehend many things unknown to mere physical man. 
In consequence of this manifold development, man becomes, in 
truth, like one of the Gods; a clear vision of the object of life, 
with power and success, as his reward. 

The soul in man is constantly striving for liberty and en- 
lightenment; it has been seeking freedom from bondage, lo, 
these many years; but physical man has been unable to free 
himself from the race belief, and until his mind can cast aside 
the shackles, the spirit cannot manifest. The universal race con- 
viction has been gripping mankind almost universally in un- 
elastic bonds, and causing men individually to shrink in horror 
from thinking for themselves and accepting a doctrine not fav- 
ored by the masses. But the universal soul is becoming superior 
to its environments; the destructive belief in the necessity of 
disease and senility, is broken; the new cycle and spiritual dis- 
pensation has brought in a new era; a time has come wherein 
man shall no longer fear to think, to plan, to achieve, and to 
cast aside the shackles which made him well nigh helpless. 
Man is gradually learning to conquer his ancient enemy, making 
Health certain. 

We have been laboring these many years, teaching that the 
soul of man is immortal; that his body may be brought to a re- 
finement free from corruption; and that all may draw upon the 
universal spirit of God as freely and fully as they choose and 
thus obtain life more abundantly. Teachers and Philosophers 
have been doing their best to point us "the Way, the Truth 
and the Life;" that few actually understood, is apparent in the 
fact that on all sides abounds misery and sorrow, disease and 
corruption; vast multitudes still believing that only in death 



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are peace and contentment found. The masses have either for- 
gotten, or never fully comprehended, that knowledge brings life 
more abundantly; that understanding of natural law is as 
bread from heaven ; while they who partake freely shall find life 
and not death. Mankind has been blind these many centuries; 
unable to accept the tenet that life and not death, joy and not 
sorrow, health and not disease, may be the common lot of man. 

That the end and aim of life is to glorify God and to ex- 
emplify the principle that God is the God of life and not of 
death, we have been inculcating consistently for many years. It 
is a truth pure and uncontradictable ; given as it came to us from 
the fountain of knowledge. It is not offered in symbolism and 
obscure phraseology, that only the few can comprehend, but in 
language clear and easily understood, that all may grasp the 
meaning, live the life, and reap the fruits. 

Learn to know the truth, then live according to the truth. 
Believe actively that the life of the Christ (Nature and God) is 
good; that man is not bom to suffering and disease; nor need 
he be a creature of pain and misery if he is willing to comply 
with the natural and divine law. Let each one live in harmony 
with the truth that man is made in the image of the Creator, 
God; casting aside forever the thought that he must suffer and 
"surely die." Instill in its place the conviction that you are a 
child of the Father, who has given you all power; that sin and 
sickness are not for you, but instead, more and continually more 
of life are yours, ending in Conscious Individuality or Im- 
mortality. 

Free yourself from the shackles of the race belief in the 
necessity of sin, disease, and failure; this belief attracts the ob- 
jects of its faith and tends toward conditions the thought repre- 
sents. Comprehend that God is good, and in the Universal 



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Storehouse of God is life; free and abundant wherefrom you may 
draw according to your requirements. The only requisite en- 
abling you to receive from the Infinite Storehouse the vibrations 
of life and success, is a faith sufficiently strong in God and 
yourself, enabling you to live a normal, natural life, one free 
from destructive thoughts and acts. This is making Health 
certain. 

We gladly teach the humble seeker these truths: How to 
live; how to draw upon the Infinite Supply of Life, of Love, 
and of Wisdom; how to harmonize the personal self with the 
Universal Law, thereby obtaining freedom from disease, suffer- 
ing, and other undesirable conditions. Faith is the beginning 
of new life; and works must follow that trust; the desire must be 
to the end to be achieved; and, as a consequence of constructive 
thoughts, correct belief, worthy and exalted desire, life will be 
in harmony with the Universal Law, and eventually, mortality 
will be refined into Immortality, man realizes Conscious Individ- 
uality, Health and happiness are certain. 



Tke Creative Life 

The virile doctrine promulgated by the master teacher 
positively declares that illness and death have no part in the life 
of the true man; therefore, should not be included in his Faith; 
yet man is only now awakening to the fact that he has been 
grossly guilty of serious mistakes these many years. He is 
gradually arriving at the conviction that instead of having had 
faith in Life and Immortality — a God of Life and Happiness, 
he has given habitation in his heart and mind to the ancient race 
belief in the necessity of disease and suffering, — a god of 
death; in mortality rather than Immortality. 



CLapter Four 

God's Plan is the Deathless Life 

In permitting the Divine Spark to leave the Emphyrean 
spheres and incarnate in a physical, or material, body on the 
earth plane, it was God's plan that, first, through incarnation, 
the embryonic soul would become a personality, separate from 
God, the All Creator; second, this personality, through develop- 
ment, should attain Conscious Individuality; a self -existence 
separate from the Creator. 

By the attainment of personality and of individuality, the 
soul spark is destined to pass through experiences giving it the 
knowledge of good and evil, pain and sorrow; though it was 
not the divine plan it should stop when this wisdom had been 
obtained. On the contrary, the soul was to pass onward and 
upward until it had reached the Sublime Realization, or Son- 
ship with the Father, termed the Illumination. 

Between the man who is merely a personality and the one 
who has attained individuality, there is a mighty gulf. The one 
is of the flesh and lives accordingly. He may believe in God, 
but he does not know God; he is a carnal being with worldly 
desires, and, at best, is little more than "a worm of the dust." 
He has but slight comprehension of the divine possibilities latent 
in himself; his aspiration for higher and greater achievement 
is truly meagre; he has not yet actually awakened from his 
long earthly sleep which followed the "fall" of the soul into 
the habitation of flesh with its native passions. Far different 
is the man who has achieved individuality ; he has awakened to 



52 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

the real meaning of those principles taught by Jesus and all other 
great masters before him. He is filled with a burning aspira- 
tion to live in harmony with the law, and to test the highest 
standards of life; his ambitions are for true development of all 
that is best in him. He longs for a full and exalted conscious- 
ness of his own Oneness with the Infinite. Through lofty and 
worthy aspirations, and a life of self sacrifice and usefulness 
to others, he arouses the Fire, the Soul, within his own being, 
into a state of watchfulness and dynamic activity; and thereby 
the Flame of the Soul gradually develops into the Christos, a 
Son of God. 

Moreover, in the full realization of this Christos, the indi- 
vidual can comprehend the significance of the promise, that the 
last enemy to be overcome, is death. He will understand that 
this assurance may actually consummate; furthermore, he will 
gain the knowledge how the covenant is to be fulfilled; per- 
ceiving that it is possible for the time to come when man shall 
no longer be sick and in sorrow; that in the final awakening of 
the Christos, he becomes truly conscious of his Sonship with the 
Father — ^the Dove of Peace descends upon him, and, in an un- 
mistakable voice, proclaims: "This is my beloved Son in whom 
I am well pleased." 

This is the Sublime Realization; it is the aim and the 
end of man's life on earth. It is the purpose and the plan of 
the Creator, the Heavenly Father, that all men should finally 
teach this inheritance. In infinite wisdom, God has endowed 
man with free-will and the right of choice; he is therefore at 
liberty to accept or to reject "the Way, the Truth, and the 
Life" that leads to this exalted Consciousness. 

Two possibilities are placed before man, subject to his 
choice of action. The one opeiis to him the opportunity of un- 



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folding his divine nature and developing his deific attributes, 
exemplifying the fact that he is created in the Divine image, and 
leading to the attainment of Conscious Individuality, Sonship 
with the Father. It is the path often of self-crucifixion and of 
final sublime exaltation; is marked by purity of thought and 
purpose; a continual surrender of the carnal nature to the 
Exalted Ideal, a perpetual transmutation of the baser metals 
(passions) of the lower personality, into the pure gold of 
spirituality. It is the awakening of the soul, which culminates 
in an Immortal Individuality; its chief seals are goodness and 
service to others. If man does not, of his own free choice, 
travel this path and meet the full requirement of its conditions, 
he pays the penalty of retrogression ; and the Divine Spark of a 
soul smoulders under the ashes of selfishness and carnality. 
Persisting in deliberate sin and destructive habits, he will even- 
tually be cast back to the elements whence he came. This Flame, 
once part of God, having failed to attain Conscious Individuality, 
returns to the Father, losing its identity in the storehouse of 
universal essence; while the body returns to mother earth which 
gave it birth. 

The end and goal of life is consummated in Conscious In- 
dividuality, or Oneness with God. This, both in the process of 
attainment and in the final realization, is a life of service to 
humanity; it is a life of faith, attended by constructive work. 

The average man does not really believe the promises God 
gave; he considers himself convinced; but his life proves he 
is far from confident of the fulfillment. If he actually gave 
credence to the covenant, he would live in accordance with the 
law; would be loyal in his services and not continually harassed 
by illness, pain and sorrow. The suffering of the multitudes 
round about us clearly indicate that men generally have little 



54 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

faith in God or in His promises and this we would remedy, 
making Health certain. 

The first step to be taken in the search for freedom from 
all undesirable conditions is for man to instil in his own heart 
faith in the absoluteness of the Universal Law. It is imma- 
terial whether this is accomplished through acceptation of the 
promises given in the Sacred Scriptures or the teachings of the 
old philosophers. Having accepted, he must prove his faith by 
practice; as he lives the life, he will reap the reward of life. 
The results will show greater knowledge; which increases as his 
faith becomes stronger. Man must use the one talent he posses- 
ses, doing so, others will be given him, until finally all the 
talents will be his; such is the promise. 

In the hearts of all men there is a divine impulse, one the 
multitudes scarcely recognize; this is constantly operative, day 
and night, year in and year out, and being misunderstood, fre- 
quently incites man to commit deeds which are destructive. Such 
an impelling force was implanted in the heart of man by his 
Creator as the incentive compelling him to seek for wisdom; 
for strength to succeed, until finally Conscious Individuality is 
attained. 

If man will listen to this Voice within and heed its in- 
timations, it will lead him ever upwards and onwards; and as 
he follows the one impulse to consummation, another will take 
its place. Thus, step by step, he is led toward the final Realiza- 
tion, and in proportion as he becomes conscious of it, will he 
experience health, happiness and success. As he substitutes in 
place of the race belief in the unconquerable universality of 
death the conviction that God is the giver of life and not of 
death, will he eventually overcome the last great enemy, this is 
making Health certain. 



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All the ancient philosophers taught the deathless life, and 
broadly hinted at the coming time when man should not be 
a suffering weakling constantly in the throes of death; but 
reach perfection of both body and soul while on the earth plane. 
However, it remained for Jesus to demonstrate to mankind the 
possibility of so purifying and developing the physical being 
that it might even be taken up again after life had actually de- 
parted from it. 

Just as Jesus lived the life that brought him the Sublime 
Realization, and the attainment of the sinless, diseaseless, and 
deathless life, so brought he man the promise and gave him the 
instruction which should gradually bring him from death in 
life, to Conscious Individuality and continued health. But man 
has lacked the faith that would induce him to live the death- 
less life, which would help him to reach the ultimate. One of 
the teachings, which, according to this claim, was given the 
master teacher by the Father, for the instruction of mankind, is 
this: "Whosoever shall eat of the bread that I give, shall have 
eternal life." The bread referred to, is wisdom; true under- 
standing of the laws of life! and the one who lives accordingly 
shall have life unto eternity; moreover, it shall be one of peace, 
of happiness, and of contentment. 

These sublime philosophies — the Christie Interpretation of 
the "bread of life" — covered over by much rubbish during the 
centuries of creedism, the Humanitarians now place before the 
people. Whosoever is wiling to live according to these instruc- 
tions shall find health and freedom from the miseries so preva- 
lent among mankind at the present time. This is the divine 
purpose, the universal plan, for man — the attaiment of Con- 
scious Individuality, the Realization of life without death. To 
support this infinite purpose, to re-establish faith in the divinity, 



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is the mission of the New Commandment, and will make Health 
certain. 

The doctrine of a life without death is based on the Divine 
Law, on the Sacred Scriptures, and the ancient philosophies as 
understood by all the great masters and initiates of the various 
ages. That the ultimate of man's destiny is eternal life and the 
consciousness of immortality, has eternally been the standard 
of all true Initiatory Rites of revealed religion; and the victory 
over death demonstrated by the Initiate Jesus, is for all who will 
meet the requirements of the Divine Law as he met them in 
actual experience. 

Let no one be induced to believe, that by some miraculous 
display, man may through one great effort grasp great power; 
potential force is the culmination of soul development extend- 
ing through a period of living and training; the conservation of 
energy, and harmonizing with both natural and divine law. 
There is a science of development for both body and mind, one 
that fully explains laws and methods, and points "the Way, the 
Truth, and the Life" underlying Conscious growth. To teach 
mankind these laws governing on both the physical and spirit- 
ual plane, is the purpose of the Humanitarians and of the 
Christie Interpretation. 

In the very beginning must be broken the fetters of the age- 
old belief in the unconquerable universality, aye, even of the 
necessity, of sin, disease and failure; and there must be sub- 
stituted in the minds and hearts of men the conviction that these 
undesirable visitants are not according to the divine purpose 
for man, but that, being created in the image of God, he is 
endowed with divine attributes and powers, which when de- 
veloped and rightly employed, will enable him, ultimately, to 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 57 

overcome all his weakness, create success, and make Health 
certain. 

Advancement in any line v^hatsoever, demands a beginn- 
ing. With many into whose hands these pages fall, this has 
already been made. The fact that one accepts books or manu- 
scripts of this nature, and carefully ponders thereon, is in it- 
self proof of interest, of an awakening of mind to greater possi- 
bilities than heretofore known. Interest along this trend of 
thought, a desire for truth, and persistence in overcoming car- 
nality and the supremacy of the lower nature, leads to life more 
abundantly. The tendency to indulge in negative destructive 
thought habits leads to death ; this must be changed into aspira- 
tion for knowledge, for strength, and for success, eventually as- 
suring health and happiness. 

Man may be thoroughly convinced that life according to 
the Divine Plan is the only true and satisfactory state; yet it 
seems easier for him to follow the dictates of the carnal self ; this 
is because his whole nature is negative; it will require a positive 
and persistent effort to arouse himself from such lethargy, into 
the action essential to living the Ideal established by the In- 
finite. The majority of mankind are still controlled by the de- 
sires of the personality, and living in harmony with the laws of 
sin, sickness, and death, rather than with the universal law 
governing life, and health, and success; often extreme sorrow, 
absolute failure, or excruciating suffering will arouse and induce 
them to the effort necessary in obtaining their freedom from the 
bondage. 

Great changes are taking place; man is beginning to think; 
to search for the cause of conditions which enslave him. He is 
investigating the relation existing between cause and effect; he 
questions why such misery and suffering. He beholds the life 



58 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

as lived by mankind generally and associates the effect with the 
mode of living, and clearly recognizes something is lacking; 
gradually, reaching the conclusion, that, having tested the old 
way, lo, these many genturies, he will now try the new; for this 
cannot be worse than the former. As he casts aside the old and 
commences to live the life of faith attended by works corres- 
ponding thereto, results are gratifying, even more so than he had 
anticipated, or thought possible. Thus, not merely the one, nor 
yet the few, but the many are being awakened to the spirit of 
the new age. The old race belief in death is being replaced 
by the new in life and freedom; making Health certain. 

It is not at all difficult to determine the reason for condi- 
tions when one understands the law of correspondence. This 
law exists between all things; between that which is the above 
and the below; between the universe and God; between the uni- 
verse and man, and between man and God, his Creator. The 
body is of the earth, material. The soul is of the heaven, spirit- 
ual. Conditions depend on which power is in the ascendancy. 
If the body and its passions are in control the conditions of 
man's life tend toward disease and death. If the Soul is awak- 
ening and the Still Small Voice called Intuition, can be heard, 
then man's life and character will commence to exemplify satis- 
factory correspondence with God and the universe, manifesting 
the fact of his being created in the divine image. 

With rare exceptions, to the man of the present age, the 
soul is merely a weird something to believe in; of which there 
is no certain knowledge; no tangible evidence; while the body 
is visible, able to experience pain and pleasure. Consequently 
the body is a reality, and the soul at best but a fanciful theory. 
To these many citizens of the world, the body has a right to 
claim superior attention and this would not be so discouraging 



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if the attention given it was of the right kind, but nearly all 
cater to the desires and appetites, cravings which, when in- 
dulged in to excess or contrary to wise guidance, lead to disease, 
weakness, failure, and death, and until the desires of the flesh 
have been made subservient to the wisdom of the soul they 
lead downward. 

The aspirations of the soul are different both in immediate 
effect and in permanent results. The soul, being of God, in its 
longing and its inclinations, reached upwards; but, being un- 
seen and hardly felt, man brushes aside the impulses and the 
intuitions of the spirit; with the result that the prototype of God 
in man has been lulled asleep; has been dormant and inactive, 
until its Voice can no longer be heard. 

When the voice of the soul, the divine urge, becomes audible 
and is obeyed; then, step by step, it leads itself and its physical 
vehicle upwards until eventually Conscious Individuality is at- 
tained and life without death, is reached. Thus, man frees him- 
self not only from disease and death, but likewise from all that 
is undesirable. In addition, besides casting aside the bonds 
of affliction, the soul, the spiritual counterpart of God, comes 
into harmony with the Father, and tastes of the Sublime Realiza- 
tion. 

This life, in which the soul maintains supremacy over the 
body, is the one the greater teacher lived. He had faith in the in- 
structions he had received from the philosophers under whom 
he studied; and, as he lived in harmony with the laws taught, 
he gradually attained the Divine Realization, until, finally, he 
had so perfected and refined the body that it was no longer the 
slave to sickness; obtained freedom from sorrow and misery; 
and was qualified to manifest ultimate victory over death and 
to come into the glory of God while in the flesh. According to 



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the divine promise, all men may, if they will, live as did Jesus; 
and through faithful, persistent obedience to the Law, find it 
possible to obtain health, strength, success; reach Conscious 
Individuality, and know God. 

Let none believe that a life thus indicated, whereby one may 
obtain victory over disease and failure, is not real or prac- 
tical. The contrary is true, for the manly man is neither a para- 
site nor an unprofitable or undesirable member of society; he 
lives a life of service; engages in business, and fulfills the re- 
sponsibilities that devolve on all men. He is faithful to the 
duties of home life and neighborhood interests, and is respon^ 
sive to all worthy demands of society at large. Nor must it be 
thought that he who desires to realize the power of the Christ 
over death and the grave is to deny himself all pleasures and all 
recreation and all delights. Here, also, the contrary is true, he is 
entitled to all innocent and harmless pleasures, to recreation and 
all that is conducive to health, and in which normal human be- 
ings delight. The only check on pleasure of any description is 
the proviso that it be free from harm to himself and others. 

Man is by nature a social being; of all creatures, he is the 
only one blessed with the smile and the laugh; this in itself 
clearly indicates that the festive instinct and the gift of smile 
and laughter were given him for a purpose. The more he en- 
courages the wholesome spirit of merriment and amiability, the 
better for himself and all with whom he comes in contact. The 
life of those who have reached Conscious Individuality is not 
an aimless, insipid, unattractive existence; nothing that is truly 
good is denied him, whether it be for his profit or enjoyment. 
All is his if he will use it for a right and noble purpose whereby 
to benefit himself and others. 

That man may reach the highest, he must perfect both 



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body and soul. Were he to develop body alone, free it from 
sickness and weakness, he would be no more than a superb ani- 
mal. To be an attuned instrument, the Inner Man, the Soul, 
must be awakened, and through this come into direct personal 
touch and communion with the Father and the invisible forces 
and potencies, hence making health, strength and success certain, 
and establishing communion ^vith the higher realm. 

How may communion be established ? Through fellowship 
with the Father, obtained much easier than man generally would 
believe. It results in a holy alliance with the Creator, which 
raises man gradually to the very highest. The best method is 
through heart prayer in the silence and by means of Sacred 
Mantrams definitely formed with a purpose in view and strictly 
adhered to; held in the heart to the exclusion of all else; these are 
of no benefit if the lips frame words totally contrary to the acts 
of life. 

Communion is not immediately accomplishable. The child 
just commencing to talk is not understood by the parents, any 
more than it can comprehend all the parents say, however 
plainly they may speak. Nevertheless, every heart prayer, how- 
ever imperfect at first, is understood by the Father; while we, 
on our part, will gradually grasp the meaning of the divine 
language, if we remain faithful and heartwhole, and soon 
hear the heavenly music. Thus in time, does man attain per- 
fection of body; freedom from sin, sickness, and failure; and 
finally, the consummation of the divine plan — Conscious la- 
dividuality. 



Trutli Means Freedom 

Learn to know the truth, then live according to the truth. 
Believe actively that the life of the Christ (Nature and God) is 
good; that man is not bom to suffering and disease; nor need 
he be a creature of pain and misery if he is willing to comply 
with the natural and divine law. Let each one live in harmony 
with the truth that man is made in the image of the Creator, 
God; casting aside forever the thought that he must suffer and 
* 'surely die." Instill in its place the conviction that you are a 
child of the Father, who has given you all power; that sin and 
sickness are not for you, but instead, more and continually more 
of life are yours, ending in Conscious Individuality or Im- 
mortality. 



Ckapter Five 



The Destructive Life Ends in Death 

Scientists maintain that the entire vegetable, animal, and 
human kingdoms are governed by the Law of evolution. In so 
far as the ordinary life of these realms is concerned, the theory 
of evolution is correct; but the evolutionist, as a rule, fails to 
take into consideration one important item, namely: the fact 
that man, having free will (no matter how obtained, or by whom 
conferred), has the privilege of working in harmony with the 
laws of nature; and, when he awakens to this truth, he is no 
longer bound by the iron rule of evolution, nor his growth retard- 
ed by it; but through co-operation may quickly step beyond it. 
To work in harmony with evolution, yet transcend its pace, man 
must understand the greater law; that of interior Development; 
and by using all his forces, be enabled to accomplish in one 
lifetime as much as the evolutionary process could in thousands 
of years. 

When man awakens from the deadening influence of the 
carnal self, and commences to recognize his inherent powers, he 
sets into motion new laws (or rather, laws which were hereto- 
fore not utilized by him) ; and, instead of remaining a pawn in 
the grasp of the evolutionary law, he achieves the mastery, works 
in harmony with, yet superior to, the law of evolution; thus 
life becomes an unfoldment, a growth, in which he himself has 
conscious share; whereas, without this voluntary co-operation, 
he is retarded, or pushed forward, merely because it must needs 



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be so; for the law forces him to slowly move, whether he will 
or not. 

The power of interior Unfoldment is not new to men; it is 
neither an invention or a discovery of modem times, nor is it the 
product of a fanatical or fanciful imagination. It is a decree 
that was known to the Masters of all ages; the Ancient Egypt- 
ians made use of it in the training of their priests. Every 
Neophyte in the ancient Priesthood developed and was trained 
under this divine edict. Egyptian priests who understood per- 
fectly the Laws governing interior Development and Unfoldment, 
as well as those of Evolution, taught and trained Jesus unto 
Mastership; this is admitted by Sacred Scripture. 

The evolutionary potency may accomplish as much as will 
Conscious Development; but the fact remains that, by following 
the method of Conscious Development, man may attain in one 
short lifetime what nature and her laws, working alone, would 
require thousands of years, aye, possibly cycles. 

This fact is frequently illustrated in the animal kingdom,, 
which, unless man interferes, is governed by the law of evolu- 
tion. Any animal would serve as an illustration; but, to be 
specific, we choose the common hen. Given her freedom and al- 
lowed to mate as she pleases, there would be practically no im- 
provement in her progeny, even within a period of many years; 
but, one having a full understanding of the rules governing 
correct mating and improvement of the specie, taking charge of 
her, breeding and feeding her properly, can produce super-hens 
within a period of five years. Instead of the continuation of 
mongrel stock, both in respect to type and the production of eggs, 
tlie standard, or near standard of type, can be obtained, as also 
the maximum of egg production. This merely implies that, 
in the improvement of the specie, man no longer must blindly 



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depend on evolutionary forces, but working in harmony with 
them and employing the higher law — that of Universal develop- 
ment, may secure almost unbelievable results. 

Identically the same laws apply to man. If left to nature 
and the forces of evolution, it is possible that he may, in the 
period of aeons and cycles, become a Soul Illuminated being, 
but, if he awakens to the possibilities of his destiny, working in 
harmony with the universal laws of progress, making Conscious 
and voluntary use of the Laws governing Interior development 
and unfoldment, he can in a comparatively short time, attain 
Conscious Individuality. 

Free choice is the privilege of man. This is the age of 
enlightenment; wherein truth is being apportioned among man- 
kind. The infinite possibilities of man's nature are now clearly 
pointed out; he is being taught that instead of remaining slav- 
ishly "a worm of the dust," he has within himself the germ of 
Godhood, and all that is required of him is to live in harmony 
with natural and divine laws. If he is willing to do this faith- 
fully and conscientiously, he soon will be on the way to power 
and success; making Health certain. 

Even those who consider Jesus merely as a great philoso- 
pher, and not in very truth the Son of God, would do well to 
heed his instructions governing the Law of Conscious Develop- 
ment and Interior Unfoldment. While those who think slight- 
ingly of the Sacred Scriptures might profit by adopting for their 
standard the doctrine that culminates in victory over death and 
the grave. 

"O death, where is thy sting, O grave, where is thy vic- 
tory?" This expression is not a mere literary phrase, nor is it 
a fanciful theory; rather, it expresses ultimate truth to those 
who understand that death is not merely the process of the; 



66 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

spirit leaving the body, but includes the sinful, sorrowful, pain- 
ful and unsuccessful existence of the multitudes. After the ani- 
mal nature has been mastered, the soul will arise free and in 
glory from the experiences of a living death; then it is appre- 
hended as indeed true that in death there is no sting. 

The exclamation, "O death, where is thy sting, O grave, 
where is thy victory?" would have very little value in itself to 
mankind had it not time and again been demonstrated by the 
Illuminated that death has no terror for those who obey the laws 
governing Development and Interior Unfoldment. In his time, 
the Master Jesus revealed that the fruits of living in harmony 
with the rules of Development are mastery over sin, sickness, 
and failure ; clearly indicating that as he had been able to over- 
come these enemies of the race, so might all men willing to be 
governed by these laws, thus making Health certain. 

The true life of man is one of Interior Development, — 
growth from one degree of being to another, a continuous un- 
foldment which leads from carnality and selfishness upward to 
the plane of Godhood and Sonship. Startling as this doctrine 
may appear to many, yet, nowhere in the Scripture, nor in the 
philosophies, is there a single statement contradictory to this 
principle; but everywhere, on every hand, search where we may, 
is voluminous evidence of its truth. 

True, there is on record this saying: "Man that is born of 
woman is of few days and full of trouble." Taken in its literal 
interpretation, this statement contradicts the doctrine of life, joy, 
and immortality we annunciate. However, the New Command- 
ment in its Christie Interpretation, fearlessly maintains that 
when man has awakened from his carnal nature by accepting 
the Divine Law as his standard, and living in obedience with the 
Law of Interior Unfoldment, he no longer is to be considered as, 



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"man that is bom of woman," but truly as "man that is born of 
God." In the process of development, his carnal nature, aye, 
even his material body, has been changed into the finer, more 
electric, being; therefore has been "born again," bom of God, 
and is more or less, according to the degree of unfoldment, free 
from the bondage that previously bound him. "Man that is 
born of woman" is full of trouble; admittedly true, but man that 
is born of God is no longer under such serfdom, because condi- 
tions previously thought of as sorrows he has learned to con- 
sider as valuable experiences of life; stepping stones to a greater 
and a higher existence. As man born of God, he is heir to Life, 
Light, and Immortality. 

Through such principles do we, the Humanitarians, lead 
our disciples away from the grave and realms of weakness ; from 
the belief that our Creator is a God of death, unto the Sphere of 
Life and Love, Success and Happiness; making Health certain. 

The path of death, the carnal life, leads only to death ; this 
is a self-evident truth; and in this realm, is man truly bom of 
woman, of a few days, and full of sorrow. All this, however, 
the awakened man quickly changes; he casts off the shackles of 
disease, weakness, and failure, — the living death; likewise of 
ignorance and fear; and, standing boldly before God, the Giver 
of life, demands the heritage that is rightly his, — that of Life, 
of Light, and of Love, ending in Immortality. 

The path of death leads to death; but there is a higher, a 
greater life — one that is free from the passions that destroy; 
that gradually liberates itself from the destroyers, — anger and 
jealousy, malice and resentment ; establishing in their place love 
and forgiveness. 

One of the most important tasks for man to undertake on 
entering the rejuvenating life is to free himself from the de- 



68 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

structive evil, termed the *'red Light of Death" — anger. Sig- 
nificant, indeed is the maxim of the ancient philosophers, "Him 
whom the gods would destroy they first make mad," nor is it 
other than a literal statement of truth. Anger quickly fills the 
entire being — body, mind, and soul, with poison; often bringing 
death in its path. He who gives way to anger loses the sense 
of righteous judgment; and, while in the passion, committing 
deeds he would not while in his rational mind. So great is the 
virus generated by this passion that it has often caused death 
outright through apoplexy; moreover, a fit of anger has been 
known to poison the milk of a nursing mother to a degree suf- 
ficiently virulent to cause the death of her suckling babe. The 
first step, therefore, in the overcoming of sickness, weakness, 
and failure, is to gain mastery over the self; the overcoming of 
a hasty temper; the foundation whereon rest all other destructive 
passions. 

That health of body, tranquility of mind, and sublimity of 
soul be assured, this passion must be transmuted. Left un- 
restrained, it tends towards disease, unhappiness, failure; even- 
tually, death itself. Furthermore, when man overcomes this 
pernicious weakness, he will be able, through the power acquired, 
to gain the victory over the lesser negative emotions; as a result, 
making Health certain. 

There are other degrading passions to which carnal man is 
prone to fall victim. Among these are jealousy, envy, fault-find- 
ing, and harsh criticism of the failings, real or fancied, of our 
fellow beings. All these, destructive in tlie extreme, have been 
called the "green passions;" because they create a poison green 
in color, and give an aura of a green tinge, the color of de- 
structiveness. 

The tendency to anger and impatience is well-nigh uni- 



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versal; almost all mankind is in its grip. Ofttimes it finds lodg- 
ing in those who are nearing the goal of a Regenerative life. 
One on the path to Life and Rejuvenation, although having over- 
come the passion of anger or an obstinate temper, may be in the 
grip of that other insiduous destroyer: the sin of faultfinding. 
He who has not mastered this tendency to find fault with the 
habits and the life of others, has still a deadly enemy within to 
combat. 

This does not infer that the teacher, or the guide, of a 
seeker should not inform him of inherent weaknesses, and in- 
dicate the best method of overcoming them; such is his duty; 
but, if one is not the instructor of others nor in authority over 
them, he has not the right or privilege to criticise their actions. 
He has a greater and more important work right at home, — the 
task of mastering the passions that induce discomfort, disease, 
and failure in himself. 

To give rein to any of the destructive passions, proves that 
we are, for the time being following the path of death; and, 
while we may be earnestly groping for the light of life, we are, 
nevertheless, in the grasp of the grim reaper. 

Jesus, like other philosophers before him, came as a teacher 
of the truth; but he did more than this; he lived the truth, 
demonstrated the fact that his doctrine would lead one from 
death to life. Moreover, he explicitly emphasized that the life 
he taught could be lived by all who truly desired to do so; he 
also proved the superiority of the Christos over sin, sickness and 
the grave, making Health certain. 

There are two media by which man may demonstrate the 
Rejuvenating process. One is by purifying and refining the body 
to such a degree that the soul may lay it down in death, leave it 
temporary, then return and take it up again. The other is to 



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demonstrate health, strength, success, and happiness, in the 
material existence. The body may be so refined and regenerated 
that its existence blends, and becomes as one, with the soul. 

Jesus could not demonstrate the two methods at the same 
time; he could only manifest in one or the other; and, as man- 
kind was in ignorance concerning the practical features of im- 
mortality, he chose the lesser first; thereby he proved that the 
Soul lives after the death of the body and may claim the body 
as an instrument of communication on the human plane even 
after the Great Transition, 

The seeker must also remember that He had long been 
prophesied as one who was to come who would be able to give 
up the life of the body, and, after a certain period of time, suffici- 
ently lengthy to prove the body lifeless, take it up again; he 
fulfilled this prophecy. 

Jesus in turn prophesied a time would surely come when 
man could do even greater things than he; when man would 
demonstrate sin, sickness and failure as unnecessary. That 
time is now; man may so live in harmony with natural and 
divine law that the body itself, together with the soul, may be 
rejuvenated and regenerated, making Health certain. 

We, as Humanitarians, in the New Commandment, incul- 
cate these truths and the way to fulfillment. We fearlessly main- 
tain that, if the instructions we formulate are faithfully obeyed, 
the sayings of Jesus will be fulfilled, and man will eventually 
overcome the great enemies to happiness. Let it be emphasized, 
however, that such power as this cannot be developed in a short 
time or by any crude, haphazard method; nor is any claim made 
that all mankind may attain the potential energy necessary to 
manifest health, strength and success, unless weaknesses are 
overcome and the truths taught, accepted. The majestic oak is 
not grown in a day and a night, neither is Interior Unfoldment 
a hot house growth. Let it be emblazoned in fire that the carnal 
life is destructive; while exalted thought, obedience to natural 
and divine law, and simplicity, in life's habits, make Health 
certain. 



Ckapter Six 



Truth Is Without Compassion 

Historical research reveals that every age has had its phil- 
osophers, teachers, and saviors, who, becoming converts to truth, 
and denying the self until they reached enlightenment, gave the 
people of that age much of the wisdom they had gained ; knowl- 
edge not learned from books, or in the study of age old manu- 
scripts, but obtained from experience through actual living. 

Likewise, history records the mistakes of many men and 
women attracted to these philosophers and sages, under the 
false impression that they might attain mastery for themselves 
without living the Life that gained the precious jewels for those 
who were teaching. These foolish ones longed to come into 
possession of the knowledge and power possessed by the philoso- 
phers and masters; but were unwilling to deny themselves as 
these had done; deluded with the mistaken idea that wisdom 
might be attained, and power obtained, while continuing the 
life of sin and death. In their worldly carnal mindedness, they 
thought to lay hold of truth, wisdom, understanding, and all 
that is desirable, by simply believing, or through a formal con- 
fession of faith. They utterly failed to recognize that man can- 
not obtain any tangible possession legitimately, no matter what 
its nature, unless he is ready and willing to either work for, or 
deny himself in some manner, thereby honestly earning it. 

Truth, in the beginning, undoubtedly appears a hard mas- 
ter. Truth commands : Thus shalt thou if thou wouldst receive. 
And, unless we are willing to abide by the dictates of Truth 
and Wisdom we will not obtain — we will he unable to receive. 
Wisdom and power demand their own price; only he who is 
willing to pay the fee, always demanded in advance, will be 
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Indeed, were it possible to gain powers through might, 
rather than right, they would turn to bitter fruit, for "thou 
shalt not take the kingdom of heaven by storm," nor yet as "a 
thief in the night." No man can long retain that which he ob- 
tained illegitimately. Thus is it recorded that many lived who 
have knelt at the feet of some great master or teacher; listening 
attentively to his instructions, and believing foolishly they were 
able to employ, for their personal benefit, the power and wisdom 
indicated, though making no attempt to live, thereby ac- 
cumulating the forces which would create energy and bring en- 
lightenment. These gained a superficial comprehension of the 
Master's words, and undertook to apply them to life's needs, only 
to find the power evade their grasp — they had not earned pos- 
session. 

Truth belongs only to him who earns it through the price 
paid in becoming; it is not an acquisition gained by mere in- 
tellectual effort. Knowledge is the result of becoming, of being, 
of living in harmony with the laws of wisdom. It is the acme of 
Interior Unfoldment; the natural result of spiritual growth. 

The true teacher fully comprehends that truth cannot be at- 
tained in any superficial way; and when he places before the 
people a choice — either to live and possess, or not to obtain — 
they turn away from him and seek elsewhere; still believing 
there is some easy path to power; but, alas, they find when life 
is spent they were in quest of that which has no existence; the 
Law is absolute, and clearly states; "Thus must thou do, if thou 
wouldst possess." 

In the time of Jesus, for instance, it was no different in 
many respects, from previous centuries. When he attempted to 
teach the multitudes that sin, sickness, and death were unneces- 
sary the people would give no credence to his words. Even many 



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of the disciples who had witnessed the wonderful works per- 
formed by him, turned and said: "This is a hard saying, Who 
can hear it?" 

And why ? Merely because they were neither ready nor will- 
ing to accept great truths. The race belief could not even accept 
the possibility of Immortality of the Soul, or the life beyond the 
grave, how much less was it possible for them to accept a doc- 
trine that advocated the life of health, strength, happiness, and 
success? Thus, the people turned away from Jesus, and his life- 
giving instructions; and, through this lack of faith, this turning 
aside from the path of life, this refusal to accept the truth when 
offered, because it seemed hard and demanded something of them, 
missed not only the blessing of Conscious Individuality, but like- 
wise. Health, strength and power. 

It is not different in the present age. Many come to us for 
instruction who believe in the Immortality of the Soul; but are 
unwilling to apply the teachings to their individual needs. They 
will not live in obedience to the law of Interior Development, 
hence experiencing the proof of the Soul's reality; they demand 
some outward manifestation of power, aye, even a vision of the 
Heavenly Host, before they will be willing to obey. 

These forget the fact that the laborer is not paid before he 
has served; that God forces no man to either believe or ac- 
cept, oi to live, but gives to all men free-will to do as they 
please, attaching, at the same time, the penalty which applies to 
disobedience, or the reward for living in harmony with both 
natural and divine law. He offers man the privilege of obtaining 
the knowledge which would gain for him the boon of Health, 
strength, power, happiness and success; yet it is equally true 
He gives to no one that which is not honestly earned; neither 
does He degrade His power by showing man signs and wonders 



74 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

inducing him to accept the doctrine which brings life. On the 
contrary, He plainly voices, through the Philosophers and teach- 
ers, the credo that man shall not seek for signs and wonders, 
but live and thereby manifest. 

Time and again did Jesus, as also many other leaders be- 
fore his time, attempt to teach the multitude that sin, sickness, 
and failure are not necessary, but the result of disobedience; in 
the end, he found few who would accept the hard saying. These 
superficial seekers merely left him and followed pseudo-philo- 
sophers who showed them what purported to be an easier way 
to the life of power. Even those continually with the Master 
found it difficult to accept the doctrine of immortality, and Con- 
scious Individuality, the Path to Health and happiness; and 
impossible of comprehension when he taught that he was to 
lay down his body and take it up again, so demonstrating there 
is no death, only a change. 

Lastly, when the many had forsaken him, he sought to 
teach the great truth to his disciples by saying, "Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, if a man keep my word, he shall not see death." 
This, indeed, was a hard saying; one the few would then accept, 
and to which many are callous today; this is why sin, sickness, 
weakness, and failure, abound throughout the world. 

The expectation to obtain and possess health, strength, 
power and happiness, through mere belief while continuing in a 
life of carnality and selfishness, dwells in the heart of many, 
and the leaders who flount before the people such a destructive 
doctrine are well supported and largely followed, but Jesus 
never offered mankind such a false standard. A credence which 
permits one to live the life of sin, ignorance, and error, with 
the expectancy of health, strength, and immortality, is founded 
on illusion. Only that deserves the name of true faith which 



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stimulates activity and an endeavor to realize and manifest the 
fruits of it; faith is essential, but living in harmony with it is 
absolutely necessary if lasting results are to follow. "Keep the 
word" is the command, then will one obtain the benefits of the 
promise; which are: freedom from disease, from failure, from 
weakness; ultimately Conscious Individuality and eternal ad- 
vancement. Much, however, remains to be accomplished and 
realized in man's experience before this ideal may be generally 
sought ; the overcoming of the race belief in the necessity of sick- 
ness and failure, alone will be a wonderful achievement. 

In its highest phase, Ufe is an unfoldment. To begin with, 
man is of the earth, earthly; and, from the material, draws his 
strength. Man may be likened to the rose tree, of which he is 
a prototype. The roots of the tree are in the earth, from the 
soil it receives strength and vitality; gradually, in obedience to 
the natural law, it leans toward the sun; as it lives and grows 
into a specimen of great strength and symmetry, the time ar- 
rives for a manifestation of its inherent beauty ; then the bud ap- 
pears, soon the full blown rose ; it has attained its highest degree 
of perfection; its blossoms symbolize immortality, even though 
the roots of the tree are deep in the material. 

Man should follow the example of the rose tree. Though 
of the earth, and from which he must draw sustenance, he should 
obey the divine law; gradually developing within himself the 
Conscious Soul, symbolic of the beautiful rose, and, ultimately, 
the Soul will reach enlightenment, or Illumination, then will he 
have obtained Health, strength, success, and happiness; Immor- 
tality is assured him. There is but one difference between man 
and the rose tree. Man has free will and can disobey God's 
law, while the tree has no choice, it must obey; consequently, 
almost every rose tree will reach its highest attainment and pro- 



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duce roses — its Illumination, while in the human kingdom but 
few achieve, because many disobey. 

This is the Law. It is a hard saying. Few are willing to 
believe it. It is a truth nevertheless; one that all may accept 
and thereby reap the reward for living in harmony with it. 
All constructive laws are hard, in the sense that they are inflex- 
ible and offer no premium for their acceptation. Man seems, 
since his birth upon earth, to have been, and to remain, bargain- 
counter mad. He is eternally looking for special offers, for an 
easy way to live, or to gain possession of that which he desires. 
Only the few are willing to pay, to the last pence, for everything 
they seek ; these few become the Immortals ; they are on the Path 
to Conscious Individuality; to Health, strength, and power. 

What is the argument of the multitudes against the doc- 
trine of Immortality of the whole man? 

There has been little change since the first century : "Abra- 
ham is dead. So are the prophets. Is any man greater than 
these?" 

Because men have died and continue to die, because men 
are weak and diseased, in misery and failures, is this a proof it 
must ever be so? Once upon a time it was necessary to carry 
freight by means of horses and cart, there being no other method 
of transportation, then boats and rails were invented and all 
was changed; but before goods were actually conveyed by these 
modem methods, only the few would believe the prophecy it 
should be otherwise in the good time coming; and when this 
was fulfilled, the many considered it as the work of the devil; 
so difficult is it for man to accept the new, though infinitely bet- 
ter way. Knowing this, we cannot wonder it is hard for man 
to believe in anything but death, sickness, weakness, and failure; 



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the fetters of the age-long race belief are as yet too strong for 
him. 

The multitudes demand signs and wonders; they will not 
accept the truth unless demonstrated in some miraculous man- 
ner; even then when one, freed from the race belief in the 
necessity of sickness, weakness, and death, commences to live 
in harmony with truth, and demonstrates its efficacy, the many 
wag their wise heads and exclaim: "Wait and see, shortly he 
will be as others are." It may be centuries before the doctrine 
inculcated by the Philosophers of the past, and now again in 
the New Commandment, will be largely approved. In the mean- 
time, those who will cast aside prejudice or through suffering be 
forced to accept, and live, will make Health certain. 

In the beginning, truth, apparently, is hard; and to follow 
its dictates, difficult; but, when man does finally harmonize his 
life with the law and commence to manifest the results, he will 
find himself well repaid and happy for having made the effort. 
Truth is an exacting mistress, but she offers ample returns for 
her exactitude, all of the true life is governed by the same law. 

"Keep my word, and ye shall never see death." This is 
not merely the inculcation of a doctrine as outlined by Jesus; 
it is the Divine Command; has always been, will always be. Live 
the life, is a plain, literal translation. Live in harmony with the 
Law, then you will reap the benefits, the rewards; this is making' 
Health certain. Immortality absolute. 

We wish to so emphatically declare that none may mistake, 
that just as faith of itself is not sufficient, so is right living not 
the whole of the law. Were correct living alone sufficient, 
then the animal of the field, existing in harmony with nature 
would have continuous, immortal life. Faith and right living, 
^nd a conscious effort to attain, is the whole (holy) law. Neither 



78 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

one nor the other is complete in itself, though living makes the 
probable possible. Belief, or faith, so charges, magnetizes, or 
aetherizes the soul, that it, having gradually become Conscious 
of God, raises the vibrations of the entire body, to the Immortal 
plane. 

The Humanitarians, through the New Commandment, teach 
that neither faith nor obedience to the law, alone is sufficient 
whereby to reach the highest goal of achievement, but that 
understanding of truth and faith in the truth, together with 
living in harmony with the wisdom possessed, are essential to 
reach Conscious Individuality and know the Father, making 
Health and Immortality certain. 

Unlike other doctrines respecting immortality, we do not 
teach that man, in attaining the final goal, loses his individuality 
and once again becomes a part of the Godhead. We maintain, 
on the contrary, definitely and emphatically, that man becomes 
an absolute, conscious individuality, free from all that is carnal 
and gross, and knowing the Father, a co-worker with Him. 

Nor is this doctrine of the immortality of the whole (holy) 
man without example. There have been, unless you deny 
Biblical authority, those who walked with God — ^that is, had 
faith in God and His promises and lived accordingly — who were 
taken up body and soul, into the high heavens, and know God 
Of these are Enoch, Elijah and Moses, the Lawgiver. These be- 
lieved as the ancient Priests taught; they had faith in God, in 
His promises, through the faith and the personification of it in 
works, they were able to fulfill the covenant made between God 
and man. 

All men may do likewise. To do so it is essential for 
the hard, (inflexible) truth to be believed, for the hard (absolute) 
sayings to be accepted. It is imperative man shall not run after 



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signs and wonders, after manifestations, a la Ouija board, and 
pseudo-mediums supposed to transact business between man and 
spirits. It is necessary for man to be the actor, rather than the 
one acted upon as a machine is manipulated by the master in- 
tellect; that he become the Son of God through faith and works; 
living in harmony with the law, thereby attaining Conscious Im- 
mortality. 

God's law is eternal, unchangeable, and non-transferable; 
always remember this. It is the Divine Law of which Nature's 
law is a part. It is absolute non-failing. Though we think 
of it as a hard truth (because it demands obedience), neverthe- 
less, when we become willing instruments, we find it is not a 
difficult life to live. It may seem hard in the beginning, but 
we soon learn no good thing is forbidden us. 

To repeat: The perfect life is faith accompanied by 
works. But we must ever be on our guard lest our faith become 
centered in personalities, who as best have weaknesses; and, 
if we are not watchful, we will judge them by this weakness 
and forget their strength and their services to mankind. The 
perfect life is one of service; it is not built on mere belief, a 
negative condition of existence, but, first and last, a courageous 
struggle to become. Finally, life is a growth, an unfoldment — 
commencing on the material plane, gradually reaching toward 
the state of consciousness wherein we realize that the carnal 
activity is not true being, finally leading to the plane of exist- 
ence wherein the individuality merges into, and identifies itself 
with, the Divine; nevertheless retaining its individual conscious- 
ness and identity; thus man becomes an immortal, deathless 
being, making Health and success, happiness and peace, certain. 
Such is the destiny of man. 



Tke Practical Life 

Let none believe that a life thus indicated, whereby one may 
obtain victory over disease and failure, is not real or prac- 
tical. The contrary is true, for the manly man is neither a para- 
site nor an unprofitable or undesirable member of society; he 
lives a life of service; engages in business, and fulfills the re- 
sponsibilities that devolve on all men. He is faithful to the 
duties of home life and neighborhood interests, and is respon- 
sive to all worthy demands of society at large. Nor must it be 
thought that he who desires to realize the power of the Christ 
over death and the grave is to deny himself all pleasures and all 
recreation and all delights. Here, also, the contrary is true, he is 
entitled to all innocent and harmless pleasures, to recreation and 
all that is conducive to health, and in which normal human be- 
ings delight. The only check on pleasure of any description is 
the proviso that it be free from harm to himself and others. 



Ckapter Seven 



To Glorify God Is Man's Duty 

Did God create man and His other creatures with the in- 
tention of destroying them, or that they should live and work to 
His glory ? Does man, though a finite being, create that he may 
have the pleasure of demolishing the products of his labor, or 
that it shall be of benefit and welfare to himself and the race? 

Question ourselves as we may, we come to the one only 
conclusion; namely, that in creating we do it because it seems 
necessary, either for our own benefit or for that of others. More- 
over having given existence, we do not consider it well to de- 
stroy; though, at times, as our knowledge increases, we may 
deem it best to change or improve our handiwork. If finite man 
in his efforts is prompted by altruistic motives, must we not con- 
clude that God, being infinite and having created all that exists, 
has neither the desire to destroy his workmanship nor to make 
any change except such as come through normal, natural growth 
harmonizing with His laws? If this is admitted as true, we 
must conclude that it is not the divine plan or purpose for the 
soul of man to be destroyed, nor that the body should be con- 
tinually ill, weak, and unfit for tlie labors assigned him by the 
Father of all creation. 

Why, then, is the body of man subject to sickness and de- 
generation, ending in senility and decay ? 

There is but one rational answer. Man, through disobedi- 
ence to the divine command to become like God, induces condi- 
tions making it impossible for the body to be healthy and strong, 



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fit to meet all emergencies; therefore, man himself, and not his 
Creator, is responsible for the decay of the body and the mortal- 
ity of the Soul. If this reasoning is correct, and who can ques- 
tion it, we come to the only possible conclusion — ^that is, the 
body of man was created, not to be weak and sickly; a burden, 
often a disgrace, but to glorify God through its str^igth and 
perfection; nor was the soul destined by the divine plan to 
eternal torment, but as a fitting representation of the Father. 

Making our statements positive: Man is created in the 
image of the Creator, endowed with His attributes and facul- 
ties. It is the divine purpose that he shall develop his inherent 
potentialities in obedience to the Divine law; by living the con- 
structive life becoming like the Father, and making of his body 
a pure, holy, and fitting temple for the living God. 

Thus it is to glorify God — so to live that the soul may 
reflect the Divine Image through a life of humble service; that 
the body may become a temple wherein God may take up his 
permanent abode. This is the duty of man; the end and 
the aim of life. Moreover, to glorify God results in happiness, 
peace, contentment, strength, and success. When man finally 
comprehends this principle and harmonizes his little v/orld 
with the divine standard set for him, then will life on earth 
become what it should be and as God had intended. This is the 
culmination, the ultimate goal, of glorifying God — ^to attain 
Conscious Individuality, inheritance of Immortality. 

Nor is this doctrine in any way contradictory to the princi- 
ples thus far advocated. It has long been taught that man may 
so regulate his life as to attain Rejuvenation of his being, or 
Illumination of the Soul — the consciousness of God, while in the 
tlesh. This achievement is the result of a long-continued process 
that extends, in some instances, through many lives on earth; 



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at the experience called death, the soul, having failed in its 
labors, passes on to the soul realm to remain for a time, then 
being granted the privilege of returning to earth there com- 
pleting its labors. This is termed the Law of Reincarnation, 
and governs all who have disobeyed God's command to "believe 
and live in me." These principles are by no means contra- 
dictory to the doctrine of immortality; they are stepping stones 
along the way, which lead to the higher, fuller life of the whole 
man; they are subordinate, yet in harmony with, the tenet of 
Conscious Individuality. 

The doctrine of complete immortality maintains that the 
soul of man may find its heaven, its millenium, here on earth 
without going forth and returning. The ideal of working for a 
distant heaven, hoping to attain peace and happiness in the 
far-off future is no longer attractive to mankind. To look for- 
ward to a state of being in the Beyond, or in time to come, which 
the soul of man will attain after death and there enjoy, ceases 
to satisfy. Men desire to gain the knowledge, the wisdom, and 
the power that shall enable them to overcome ignorance, sin, 
disease, and weakness, here and now. They seek to become 
victorious coming to a realization that they are on the Path tO 
mastery. They must be helped to a comprehension that now is 
a part of the Hereafter, a link in the chain of Eternity, and that 
today determines the status of tomorrow. 

Men at last comprehend that disease is the result of igno- 
rance, error, an wrongdoing; that illness is the penalty for dis- 
obedience, of living contrary to the laws governing health. It 
is becoming more and more a prevalent idea that life in the soul 
realm, in the Great Beyond, is merely a continuation of the 
present life. As we are now, so shall we be. The passions that 
bind the body now will hold the soul where there is no body. 



84 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

The habits that enchain and enslave on the earth plane will bind 
and hamper in the soul realm. These constructive ideas are being 
daily deeply ingrained in the race consciousness. That the 
present determines the future is even now a race conviction; and 
that ignorance, error, sin, disease, failure, and even death, are 
conditions to be overcome, not granted passive resignation, is 
gradually becoming a race belief. 

The race consciousness has too long been content with a 
religion that has unduly emphasized helpless submission to what 
was believed divine providence, a passive resignation to a so- 
called higher will ; blind surrender to an unknown ruling power. 
The tide has at last turned; such teaching no longer gives com- 
fort; the tendrils and the "feelers" of the race consciousness are 
gradually turning toward the light and are reaching out for a 
positive, active, virile religion. The multitudes are seeking light 
and understanding; a truth that will safely guide them. They 
are weary of being admonished to be submissive and resigned ; of 
allowing themselves to be the plaything of unseen forces. They 
hunger for wisdom and the power that will enable them to be- 
come active creative agents, unconsciously feeling this would 
be the path to success and power. 

On all sides we see evidence of ignorance, sin, disease, 
suffering, sorrow, and a death that knows no awakening. Un- 
der mysterious and unaccountable "ministrations of provi- 
dence," man has known no better philosophy than to bow in 
submission, and to "bide a wee, and dinna fret." He now 
demands, why? He seeks the cause of "painful ministrations 
cf providence"; and having discovered the root of the trouble 
he attempts removing it, preventing future like experiences. 
Hitherto, he has tried to glorify God by a negative, blind, 
jnert meekness; now he longs to glorify God by conscious, dQ- 



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liberate, definite, painstaking effort to fulfill the Divine Pur- 
pose and to realize the Infinite plan. Heretofore, he thought 
to glorify God by saying, "Nevertheless, not my will, but thine 
be done." Now he stands upright as man should and sends 
forth the challenge: "I will that thy Will be done through me. 
I will to become an active instrument in thy hands. I put 
forth conscious, deliberate effort to direct the inherent poten- 
cies into channels of useful service." 

The many have been foolishly exclaiming: "We want to 
believe; but you must show us some manifestation enabling us 
to have faith." The day is well-nigh at hand when the de- 
mand for outer demonstration of truth will be changed into 
the determination, "I will live the life leading to an inner 
realization of truth." 

It is not reasonable to expect the doctrine of full and com- 
plete immortality to be accepted immediately and by great 
numbers. The blotting out of the old race belief and the es- 
tablishment of a new and higher consciousness is at best a slow, 
gradual process; nor is it necessary to look at the ultimate in 
order to accept the higher truths. One may not desire bodily 
immortality, nor be attracted to the thought of heaven on earth, 
but where is there one in the vast multitude that does not de- 
sire freedom from disease and suffering, weakness and failure; 
who does not long for the severing of the bonds binding them 
to ignorance, error, sin, and sorrow? To seek this knowledge, 
and to accept the truth that leads to such enlightenment is an 
important step toward breaking down the long-standing race 
beliefs and establishing in the consciousness higher and purer 
motives, this will make Health certain. 

A sincere aspiration for freedom from untoward condi- 
tions, great suffering, or deep sorrow, will induce one to ac- 



86 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

cept the truth, and to live the life which leads away from these 
undesirable possessions. Living in harmony with the truth 
necessitates obedience to the Divine Law and eventually ends 
in Conscious Individuality. To believe the truth respecting the 
cause of that which is weakening and degrading, and to live 
in such manner as will free us, places us in harmony, and 
enables us to co-operate with, the law that advances us to the 
highest goal, even though we may not be conscious of striving 
for so great a prize. 

The Law is; it includes and embraces all that is; the lesser 
is no less and no more than the beginning of the greater. As 
above, so below; as below, so above. As the lesser, so the 
greater. To accept the lesser and strive to achieve it, clears the 
way for the greater. Thus, step by step, degree by degree, the 
old race belief declines, and the new consciousness seeks higher 
planes; purer motives, and loftier ideals; until, eventually, be- 
lief in complete immortality, the possibility of Conscious Indi- 
viduality and freedom from sickness and weakness, failure and 
sorrow, is becoming the universal faith. 

What will be the result of obedience to the Law, both 
natural and divine? 

Ultimately a perfect body; a creative, virile mind; these 
working in harmony, produce the perfect soul, the Christos, the 
consciousness of Oneness with the Supreme Creator. 

Some object to the appellation "Christ," pleading in justi- 
fication that the world has had enough of the Christ idea; de- 
manding something more advanced. Such do not understand 
there can be nothing greater than the Christ principle. Another 
name might be substituted to designate it, yet the power this 
Principle represents, ever remains a mighty reality; the most 
potent factor known to man. Man may call himself the rein- 



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carnation of an ancient god of even a new incarnation direct 
from the Godhead, yet the eternal element in his being is ever 
the same; apply whatever name we please to it. No man has 
yet lived to the full the instructions formulated by Jesus; 
therefore the world can cite no perfect example of such a life; 
and the claim often made that they have lost their power is to 
illustrate gross ignorance in respect to the truth contained in 
them, and indicates superficial knowledge. The Christie teach- 
ings in their mystical sense have never been really understood 
and believed, much less lived and demonstrated. 

To know the Christ is to have attained Regeneration of 
being, or, term it, Illumination of Soul; it means that, through 
a system of living in obedience to natural and divine law, man 
attains the Consciousness of Christ in the Father. To have 
achieved such a degree of growth is to have freed the self 
from the grosser passions, to have made the body whole (holy). 
Moreover, it is the state of consciousness in which the soul can 
say as did Jesus, "I am the resurrection and the life." Then 
does man cease to merely exist; he lives on a higher plane than 
heretofore. Bom not only of his mother, in the pain and sor- 
row of the flesh, but bom of God into the realm of Spiritual 
Consciousness, he can truly exclaim: "I am the resurrection 
and the life." The Divine Spark of the soul within him has 
been nurtured and fed until it has become a brilliant Flame of 
Love, Wisdom and Power; he has beheld the Fire, part of the 
heavenly vision; he knows that he lives and shall not surely die. 

All this is the inheritance of him who believes the truth 
and lives in harmony with it. Even though man still clings to 
the race belief in the necessity of death, Illumination of the Soul 
or Spiritual being, and the Consciousness of Immortality may be 
awakened; this allies one with the Father, Creator of all — "Him 



88 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

in whom we live and move and have our being." 

It was the Christie Principle in Jesus that gave utterance 
to the prophecy, "He that liveth and believeth in me shall never 
die." This saying gave no foundation for centering our faith 
in a personality; no basis for the doctrine that belief in a his- 
toric character of Jesus, or even that he was the Son of God 
in itself insures salvation, the inheritance of a heavenly mansion. 
He that liveth and believeth in the Christ — shall never die. Such 
is the promise. If we live and serve humanity as did Jesus, 
and other teachers before him, not merely in slavish imitation 
of these sublime leaders, but in obedience to the Divine Law 
which rules life and enters in our consciousness, then we shall 
find life eternal; and freed from erroneous race belief, we shall 
not know death. 

Man has been following the letter and not the spirit of the 
Law; he has placed his faith in the personality of Jesus. Some, 
admittedly, believe in the existence of the Soul, but not in the 
Christ; but this in itself, though of some value, avails little. 
To have trust in the personality of some historic character, no 
matter how sublime such may have been, is not sufficient for 
salvation ; but to have faith in the Law by, and through which, 
that f)articular personality was enabled to reach Conscious 
Individuality and Immortality, and to obey that Law, is the Di- 
vine command. 

This is to glorify God — to establish faith in a Divine 
Principle — to live it. This is the significance of the mission 
of the teacher, Jesus. In his personality and in his individuality 
was exemplified the law, that, through this, it might be accepted 
by others as a guide; it remains for others to obey it as he did, 
thereby manifesting and reaping the fruits of such obedience. 

The soul of man, which is the nucleus of all power, is as 



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deathless as He who created it. God cannot manifest without a 
medium; man is that medium. Likewise, the soul cannot reveal 
itself unless it has a medium; the body of man is the vehicle 
through which it portrays its character. It is just as reasonable 

to claim that God, whereby to save Himself, must destroy man 
through which he manifests, as to claim that man must, in 
order to save the soul, destroy the body or allow it to degenerate. 

God does not destroy. Man, through disobedience to the 
Law, may annihilate himself entirely. Death of the body is not 
a necessity; but man, through ignorance, may induce its destruc- 
tion; though nothing is gained through death, nor does the soul 
become either more sublime or advanced. On the contrary, the 
more man purifies the body and perfects it through obedience 
to law and order, the greater is his glorification of God; like- 
wise, in proportion as he purifies and exalts the body, in that 
degree is the soul made purer and more sublime, until after the 
Baptism of Fire, it reaches to heaven and comes into conscious 
relationship with the Creator, even though it yet remains in the 
body. 

It is the purpose and duty of man to so live as to glorify 
God and thus bring the Soul to Consciousness. In doing this, he 

is actually living the Christie life, and this continued, ultimately 
results in complete and full immortality and places him on the 
plane of consciousness that says, "I am the resurrection and the 
life." This consciousness of Life Eternal he guards as a sacred 
trust; his life, in its fruits of service and good deeds, daily tes- 
tifies to others of the power of the Christie Consciousness. 

This is the life in its higher and most holy manifestation; 
this is science. In every case where the Law is faithfully obeyed, 
results are certain; this is philosophy; it is basic religion. It 



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concerns not merely the soul, but the body as well ; it is what God 
has tried to teach His children, lo, these many ages. 

"He that believeth and liveth in me" — that is, he who has 
faith in the God-given Law and lives accordingly — shall be free 
from sin, sickness, weakness, and failure, and shall demonstrate 
power over the last great enemy; thus shall man glorify God by 
living the life He had intended man to live, the end of which is 
happiness, peace, and contentment; making Health certain. 



Ckapter Eigkt 

God With His Own 

If man rightly appreciated the saying, "God helps those 
who help themselves," he would make greater effort toward the 
accomplishment of his desires. This saying actually means that 
God is with those who are with Him; although it must not be 
construed that He is against those who are not with Him in 
thought and in deed, nevertheless He is unable to help them. 

In its literalness, this interpretation may appear to portray 
God as a personal being who arbitrarily refuses to help those who 
do not help themselves. The expression, however, is to be 
thought of, rather, as a literary cloak which covers a general, 
universal truth. Those who help themselves, by that very act, 
open their entire nature to receive the forces and the potencies of 
the Infinite. By such attitude of mind, they admit into their 
being the qualities that builds for success in the channels of their 
endeavor; they come into harmony with the Divine Law of 
their own being, and draw to themselves the forces that make 
Health certain. 

Beyond successful contradiction, it may be maintained that 
the best way to help ourselves is to seek the source within of 
strength and power, and to co-operate with the Law governing. 
In the accomplishment of any worthy purpose, the first step of 
importance is to seek the Kingdom within; there receiving the 
strength and the wisdom which will enable us to work in har- 
mony with the Law. Having obtained knowledge of truth and 
faith in the promise that God helps those who help themselves, 
it remains for us to put forth every effort in harmony with this 
knowledge, and to work according to our faith. This is to 
work in harmony with the Will of God; it is to be with God; 



92 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

and He, being just and absolute, can not do otherwiee than be 
with us. The result in the end, will be, that we obtain the ful- 
fillment of our desire. This is literally true, no matter what 
our longing may be, whether for health of body, brilliancy 
of mind, or illumination of soul; or for freedom from sorrow 
and suffering. To be sure, none can throw off the shackles 
of bondage unless they attain the knowledge of cause and ef- 
fect, removing the cause which produces the undesirable penal- 
ties. 

In the effort to attain perfection we are not alone, for on 
every side there are those who are striving for the goal; many 
of whom have already advanced to an appreciable degree toward 
an ideal state of mind, body, or soul; though seldom one who is 
actually making any great progress in all three departments of 
his nature. Those who have partially achieved in one of the 
departments serve as examples and inspiration to others. 

One should aim after the three-fold development, a per- 
fection of body, mind, and soul; this is the only correct stand- 
ard. The ideal is unity out of the trinity, one through the 
three. 

Through knowledge of the Divine Law and obedience to it, 
we free the mind from thoughts and desires hampering and pre- 
venting it from greater achievement. In place of undesirable 
thoughts and erroneous precepts, we should think constructively, 
and instill exalted ideals; this will help develop the three de- 
partments of man's nature. By freeing the mind of all that 
retards its growth, binding it to earth, and by the establish- 
ment of powerful wholesome (holy) thoughts, we build the 
healthy body, the enlightened mind, and the awakened soul. 

God helps those who, appreciating that His work is per- 
fect in every sphere of action, follow the example of those who 



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have attained. He helps those who apply to their own person- 
ality the principles and the laws demonstrated by others who 
have achieved. Gradually and in natural order, the personality 
gives birth to the individuality, and this, in turn, to Sonship 
with the Father and inheritance of all that rightly belongs to a 
son. The fact that some have attained perfection is proof 
that others may. In the very beginning, all creatures, including 
man, were faultless; but he, having free-will, has brought de- 
gradation into the universe. At last men are awakening to this 
truth; and, gaining an understanding of the ultimate law, and 
sensing perfect works, commencing to pattern after them. 

Achievement is not possible in a moment; it requires time 
to bring about satisfactory results; but unlike all else in nature, 
man can exchange the carnal self for the spiritual within a com- 
paratively short time. Even his body may be entirely recon- 
structed, and every cell thereof replaced with a new one. In 
animal life there is a constant replacement of old cells by new; 
but in human life, there is the added responsibility of charging, 
or transfusing, the new cells with thoughts of regeneration, per- 
fection, and deathlessness. None other in nature has possibili- 
ties as has man. This in itself is indicative of the mighty re- 
sponsibility resting upon him; proportionate to the capabilities 
God has given him. 

No service is of greater importance at the present moment 
than to awaken man to his infinite possibilities; arousing in 
him an earnest desire to reach the highest of which he is capable. 
He must be brought to a realization that the life he is now liv- 
ing is not the most elevating; nor the one to give him the 
greatest power and freedom from suffering and undesirable 
conditions. Existing in ease, sin, and pleasure may ap- 
pear to be most desirable; in reality, however, this is a delusion; 



94 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

due to the universal — and misleading — thought that the down- 
ward path is easiest to travel ; while destructive habits are more 
pleasurable than constructive and power-creating ones. Like 
the belief in the necessity of sickness and death, it is a race de- 
lusion which has no foundation in fact. 

Another error kindred to the above and which must be 
eliminated entirely from man^s nature, is the one leading him to 
believe all things that give pleasure or bring joy are evil and of 
the devil, and not to be indulged in. Man in his normal condi- 
tion is a pleasure-loving, joy-seeking creature, naturally and in- 
stinctively craving all that induces the sensation of joy and well- 
being. Going to extremes in gratifying his fondness for sensa- 
tions, or indulging in sense-delights contrary to nature's laws, 
will react upon him, and he reaps the after-effects; these are 
sorrow and suffering; consequently he concludes that everything 
giving pleasure or bringing joy is in itself wrong; this is an er- 
roneous conclusion, and must be eradicated from the mind. 
Sorrow' and suffering are not due to the gratification of sense- 
pleasure, but to excess, abuse, or to abnormal and illegitimate 
relationships. 

God helps those who help themselves. He helps those who 
eliminate from their mental concepts false conclusions and er- 
roneous standards; He is with all who attempt to free them- 
selves from bondage to race beliefs. 

We maintain that God judges by results and ultimate ef- 
fects; He has not endowed man with pleasure-loving inclina- 
tions for the sake of taunting him through forbidding non-grat- 
ification, or for the pleasure of placing temptations in his way 
as a means of testing his strength. All that gives pleasure, 
joy, and happiness may not in themselves be evil and the gratifi- 
cation of sense delights is not necessarily productive of pain and 



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sorrow. The demands of the physical nature are in themselves 
legitimate; aye, more than this, they are requisites of spiritual 
growth; agents of regeneration; necessary factors in refining 
and in purifying the physical organism, which in turn acts as 
a refining and rejuvenating force in the development of soul and 
overcoming weakness. 

Man must learn to help himself by seeking to root out of 
his nature the false impression that gratification of the senses 
is in itself sinful. God's interest is in whether results are con- 
structive or destructive; if the end is sorrow, pain, or loss to 
the self or to. any other creature. When the consummation is 
good, constructive, and uplifting, there is no pleasure, happiness, 
or enjoyment, which is prohibited, nor does it in any wise meet 
with the disapproval of the Divine Law. The understanding 
of this law, and a recognition of the fact that physical welfare 
and normal physical satisfaction are essential to mental and 
spiritual well-being, gives to life a brighter hue and relieves the 
sombre effects of a perverted religious standard. Existence 
would appear far different to the vast multitudes if they could 
comprehend the distinction between natural use of the functions, 
which offers happiness, and the abnormal or perverted exercise, 
resulting in pain and regret. It is only man's foolish acts, his 
Ignorance and his misconceptions of life that bring pain, sorrow, 
and misery, into the world. Life will seem worth the living 
when God helps men because man helps himself by eliminating 
from his mind false impressions and delusive standards. 

God is not attempting to place all possible pain, sorrow, 
and suffering upon humankind", on the contrary, He is trying to 
help man toward perfection, to become truly man thereby he may 
become as one of the gods. It is the Divine purpose that man, 
through evolving and developing his own inherent possibilities, 



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shall attain unto Conscious Individuality. The pain, sorrow, 
and suffering which man experiences in life are not to be traced 
to God in any other sense than that He has given man free 
will; and, through perversion and misuse man has brought 
sorrow, suffering, and every conceivable misery upon himself and 
others. He who seeks wisdom that he may intelligently use 
his free-will is helping himself in such manner that he can 
truly receive the help of the Creator; God is with man when he 
requests help and guidance ; with him when he opens the channels 
of his being to the Divine Presence; this assures success and is 
making Health certain. 

Through the past centuries, God has permitted perfect 
beings, those who had achieved Conscious Individuality and 
Sonship, to teach men the "Truth, the Way, and the Life," but 
mankind has generally refused to listen to their voice. The 
last of the great Initiate-teachers who came to earth not merely 
taught Immortality of Soul; he demonstrated the possibility of 
health and strength, success and enlightenment, here and now. 
it has required well nigh two thousand years for man to actually 
begin to comprehend his possibilities. At last a few understand 
this seeming mystery, and know that mere faith in a teacher or 
master, no matter how infallible he may have been, will bring 
no results; but that it is necessary to have faith in the law he 
obeyed, and to live in accordance therewith. Man may have a 
faith that precludes the shadow of a doubt in a great Master; 
he may believe implicitly that another has attained Sonship with 
the Father and found the Christos; but it avails him nothing; 
is of no practical value to him unless he realizes that it is the 
Divine purpose for himself and all men to attain a like degree of 
Divinity. 

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a miraculous exception to the generalities of humankind, that he 
was God come to the earth in a manner that transcends human 
endeavor; this delusion must be supplanted by the conviction 
that Jesus was an ideal illustration of what all men may attain 
by obeying the immutable laws as did he. He stands forth as 
an example, forever proclaiming to all, "What I have done ye 
may do." It is the divine will and purpose for all men to strive 
to achieve the mastery Jesus demonstrated. The Divine Pres- 
ence overshadows and helps those who cherish for themselves 
the ideal of self-mastery. Man may work with God, be with 
Him, and reap actual results when he strives to live in service 
to others and in harmony with the Ideal ; aye, he is working with 
God who strives to free himself from bondage to erroneous 
race beliefs. 

Jesus, like other philosophers before his time, did not 
merely teach salvation of soul, as so many seem to think, he 
taught the idealistic development of body as well, a conscious 
evolution giving man health, strength, success, and power. It 
has required these many centuries for men to finally comprehend 
what Immortality really means; possibly it will be several more 
centuries before men will be able to transmute the race belief 
in sin, sickness, and death, to the greater faith; because the race 
mind is thoroughly saturated with the belief that sin, suffering, 
sickness, sorrow, and misery are unavoidable; this old con- 
viction is in every cell of the entire body, and new cells in the 
process of building are charged with the same destructive 
thought; thus body, mind, and soul are magnetized with emo- 
tions of disease, suffering, fear, and death. "As a man thinketh 
in his heart;" is it any wonder that years, even centuries, are 
required to transmute race error into race truths? 

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beginning to think and to live in harmony with the new, con- 
structive ideas. The fact that physical rejuvenation and puri- 
fication are essential to the spiritual growth that leads to Con- 
scious Individuality is becoming fully understood and accepted 
by many. Thus, through the advanced thought and the higher 
understanding of the many, the race consciousness is being 
rapidly tinged and colored with the bright hues of belief in Im- 
mortality and physical perfection. These that believe are seek- 
ing manifestation of their own Sonship with the Father; they 
are practicing the precepts of this religion and philosophy where- 
by to attain Conscious Individuality. Many have faced the 
Altar Fire and gazed into the brilliant depths of their own 
being, and, awe-inspired by the Divine Presence, have breathed 
upon their own consciousness the truth, "I am the Resurrection 
and the Life." Upon these the Dove of Peace has alighted; and 
the Invisible Voice has spoken: "Thou art my beloved son in 
whom I am well pleased." 

This consciousness of the Divine Presence; the Realization 
of the Ineffable Light of Immortality; and the Manifestation of 
physical Rejuvenation belongs to these only — a sacred trust un- 
communicable to others, an exalted reality that cannot be im- 
parted to the vast multitudes who cry out for signs and wonders. 

It is a truth of paramount importance that manifestation of 
the Immortality of the Soul cannot be given to others, for the 
reason that man cannot comprehend or behold in others that 
which is not yet born in himself. Though a man might have 
reached Regeneration, have wrought his soul into a self-con- 
scious entity, aye, even though the Holy Fire have become visible 
to those who have not yet reached Rejuvenation, they could not 
understand and would disbelieve; would consider it a delusion 
of the senses and not an actual fact. Those who demand of 



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others a manifestation of the Soul, of the Sacred Fire, are them- 
selves yet in darkness and know neither their own real selves 
nor God. Because of their blindness and misapprehension of the 
truth, they demand signs and wonders, manifestations and 
proofs. Their own unbelief and unworthiness have prevented 
them from bringing into life the Divine Fire within themselves. 

Unless we seek, and find, within ourselves, we are unable 
to see, understand, and apprehend that which is within others. 
Men judge others not by what they are, but by what they them- 
selves feel, and have become in their own consciousness. It is 
a natural law that man cannot realize that which is not him- 
self, and because of this men fail to believe in the Infinite's 
forgiveness, until they commence to have in their own hearts for- 
giveness for others. In full recognition of this law, Jesus said: 
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven (within yourselves) and 
all things will be added unto you." 

Thus, in proportion as God is with us, as we know him and 
realize His presence, do we expect to see him in others; like- 
wise, as we are of the world, carnal and selfish, do we seek 
to find the same unhealthy conditions in our neighbor; and fail 
to understand how they can be better than we, or of greater 
wisdom. 

God is ever with those who are with Him. There is no 
restriction placed on how much of Him we accept; nor is there 
a limitation to the degree of "God in us." Man is beginning to 
awaken to this truth; and overcoming the thraldom of race er- 
rors; working in harmony with the Creator and His laws, thus 
making Health certain. 

It is these truths that Jesus came to inculcate and to 
demonstrate to mankind. Through him God proved He is with 
man. By obedience to Divine Law, Jesus forshadowed the fruits 



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of faith when followed by works. God cannot be with those who 
are not with Him any more than Lazarus could go to the rich 
man in torment; there was a mighty, impassable gulf between 
them. God cannot manifest His Infinite Presence to those who 
claim to believe, but who in reality have little faith; there is a 
vast difference between profession and actual possession. God is 
with those who, in all humility, come to Him, asking for help, 
aye, even seeking for faith — more and purer faith. When the 
heart is sincere and in earnest, even though faith is yet weak, the 
true desire draws it toward God, and opens the channels to 
receive the influx of power from the Infinite Storehouse, this is 
the Path to Power; making Health certain. 



Ckapter Nine 



Crucifixion of the Flesh 

A grievous race error is apparent in the doctrine inculcat- 
ing the belief that to attain eternal life it is necessary to crucify 
the flesh; salvation being considered impossible except through 
a denial of the desires native to the natural man. This dogma 
has undoubtedly been responsible for preventing vast multi- 
tudes from accepting the teachings of the great saviors of the 
past. 

In its fundamental aspects, there is much truth in this con- 
ception; but it has been misinterpreted and misrepresented 
until the errors growing out of the misunderstanding have, in the 
minds of the people, totally supplanted its true significance. 

From time unknown, it has been held that crucifixion of 
the flesh necessitates the denial of all those pleasures which are 
desired by the natural man — the physical creature, and this has 
had a tendency toward strict, severe, unreasonable self-discipline. 
Only a few centuries back, our puritan fathers denied their 
children the privilege of playing, even smiling, on the Sabbath 
day. Unreasonable though this may appear to the rational 
mind of today, to them it was the only way to please God. How- 
ever, these elders were consistent; all they denied their children 
they proscribed for themselves. There was no legitimate cause 
for any such self-denial; and it is questionable whether those so 
strenuously careful of non-essentials in respect to Sabbath ob- 
servances gave the matter serious thought. They believed in a 



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strict observance of the written law because they themselves had 
been taught to uphold it; that was sufficient to them. 

To us of the present age, it is given to reason and analyze; 
to know why an act is right or wrong. Except by a few self- 
righteous fanatics who would take all the joy out of life, it is not 
generally considered a sin to indulge in merriment and activity 
on the Sabbath, since our new enlightenment has taught us that 
man was not created for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man. 

Determining the right or the wrong of any act in question 
is comparatively simple. Let the first question be, will the act 
bring harm or injury either to the self or to another? Let 
the second question be, will the act benefit anyone, either the 
self or another? Reasoning along these two lines will readily 
satisfy the most sensitive conscience in regard to the right or 
the wrong of a doubtful proposition. 

Another important item, because it enters largely into the 
consideration of many acts, is whether the day on which it is 
committed affects the deed itself. Is it right to do a certain thing 
on one day or on six days, and wrong to do it on the seventh? 

In general, it may be considered that what is actually wrong 
on the seventh day is likewise to be prohibited on any other 
day. The law of God is absolute in that it classifies wrong as 
wrong, and right as right. The Divine Fiat recognizes only two 
criteria for determining wrong and right; if an act, a thought, or 
ix desire in any way results in injury to oneself or to another it is 
to be regarded as wrong; if it is free from injury, and beneficial 
to the self and others, it is to be considered as right, regardless 
if it be done on Wednesday or on Sunday. These two criteria 
are independent of days or seasons, time or place; and at once 
argue for man to live, think, and plan every day of the week as 



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though it were the Sabbath day; the New Commandmeiit main- 
tains this to be the only true life. 

As our puritan fathers had conceptions of right and wrong, 
as they recognized certain forms of crucifixion of the flesh, like- 
wise, throughout the centuries, the multitudes have held various 
beliefs — some rational and praiseworthy, others unreasonable and 
often detrimental to human welfare. The irrational and the er- 
roneous have been associated with the natural and true so in- 
timately as to be regarded equally important. Consequently, in 
the minds of the masses, the errors and the falsities of the race 
beliefs in crucifixion of the flesh give the most prominent color- 
ing to the doctrine, making it unattractive and even obnoxious 
to them. It is not surprising that the doctrine of the crucifixion 
of the flesh should, in the minds of the many, identify itself 
with an irksome self-denial, interfering with happiness and en- 
joyment of every description, having no foundation in reason. 
One cannot wonder at the rejection of the teachings of the 
masters and philosophers on this subject; and that, at the very 
mention of the word, without investigation, it is taken for 
granted that crucifixion embraces painful repression, merciless 
rigidity of discipline; and sanctimonious effacement of joy and 
pleasure. 

That the foregoing is not a correct interpretation of the 
tenet of the crucifixion of the flesh as a fundamental principle 
is unquestionable. On the contrary, the doctrine, truly under- 
stood, admitting of bright colors and pleasing outlines is a truth 
that we wish to emphasize. To re-establish the Christie signi- 
ficance of this crucifixion in its simplicity and beauty is dis- 
tinctly one of the aims of the New Commandment. We would 
disentangle the erroneous from the true; the irrational from the 
rational; and accomplish this, not by exercising priestly author- 



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ity in laying down definite rules of right and wrong, not by speci- 
fying details for every-day use of all men alike, nor sitting in 
judgment over others — far from it — but by defining general 
principles through which each one may determine for himself 
the right or the wrong of all that concerns his own personal life. 
Crucifixion is not to be identified with repression of natural- 
ness and ease, nor with the suppression of joy and merriment. 
It is not in any way inconsistent with happiness and pleasure, 
whether in the form of social functions, games, sports, and other 
forms of wholesome recreation and diversions. Normal gratifi- 
cation of one's social nature, and the satisfaction of the demand 
for physical activity apart from labor and toil, reasonable in- 
dulgence in festivities and merry-making, stimulating interests 
which admit of variety along lines of art, nature, and music — 
all these are not only permissible but even advantageous to man's 
spiritual growth. 

This postulate the New Interpretation advocates with posi- 
tive emphasis, that the rightness or the wrongfulness of a 
thought, desire or an act, is to be determined by its effects or its 
tendencies, whether it results in harm and injury, or in benefit 
and profit, respectively to the actor and those acted upon. Any 
merriment or pleasure, aye, even a thought or desire, that brings 
pain, sorrow, suffering, harm, or injury to another human crea- 
ture or to the participant is to be classed among "things for- 
bidden." Nor is there any other law under the sun that classi- 
fies thought, desire, or act among the "thou shalt not." The 
reason for this is not that it falls in any particular category' of 
usually labelled "thus shalt thou not," but under the one simple, 
yet fundamental reason that it is productive of harm, theretore 
destructive. 

The Law which classifies as right that which is productive 



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of good and beneficence, and as wrong all that may bring harm 
and injury — this law concerns the body and everything which 
affects its formation; likewise all that man partakes of as food 
and drink; and includes hygienic laws in every department of 
life. Many of those who are devoutly conscientious in regard 
to the outer forms of worship and to visible signs of correct 
conduct, are, nevertheless, woefully indifferent to hygienic sur- 
roundings which vitally affect the welfare of body, mind, and 
Foul. That natural laws, or those governing health and effi- 
ciency, come under the provisions of "right and wrong" is a 
fact that fails to arouse the conscience of many who are in other 
respects irreproachable in character; yet these are the important 
factors that we emphasize and observe, thus making Health cer- 
tain. 

Upon this foundation the Humanitarians rear their struc- 
ture, building upon the comer stone of general principles and 
fundamental laws, which each devotee must learn to apply to his 
own needs as the mathematician handles his instruments. Beauty 
and perfection in the mathematician's work are due to an exact 
comprehension of laws governing his art, as well as to ac- 
curacy, precision, and delicacy in the guiding of the instruments. 
In like manner, beauty and perfection of character result from 
correct knowledge of natural and divine law, whereby one is 
enabled to exercise judgment and decision. 

In these respects, the New Commandment departs from the 
well-trodden path of tradition and ancestral training; regarding 
natural law, that phase concerning physical health and mental 
efficiency, as being co-equal with ethical and moral law; in plac- 
ing hygiene and dietary discretion on a par with social and 
moral uprightness. It extends the boundary line of righteous- 
ness to include the practical aspects of dietetics, sleep, work, 



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exercise, and other hygienic laws, as well as the principles of 
eugenics and sexual exercise. We maintain that the science of 
Life and Immortality includes every department of man's na- 
ture — body, mind, spirit, and soul; thus, every feature of daily 
living that is capable of affecting his welfare in any one of these 
departments comes within the legitimate domain of a full and 
satisfying philosophy or religion. Nor is either religion or 
philosophy dishonored or degraded by being extended to in- 
clude the practical aspects of man's four-fold being. 

In respect to the doctrine of crucifixion of the flesh, ad- 
herents of the New Commandment encourage many items which 
are curtailed in the ordinary religious body; and discourage 
others which are highly regarded by formal religious sects. 
Particularly is this true in applying the criteria of right and 
wrong to the domain of food and drink. Many a devoted wor- 
shipper would shudder at the very intimation of violating a 
single rule of ethics or morality, yet smile in derision at the men- 
lion of a philosophy that places discretion in regard to food and 
drink on a par with good judgment in respect to moral conduct. 

Actually, why should there be a recognition of one law for 
man's moral nature and another for his physical being? 
The same law that bases right on the foundation of beneficence 
and profit, and wrong on the principle of harm and injury, in 
the domain of ethical culture and moral conduct is the Law 
that obtains on the plane of physical welfare. The thought, 
word, desire, or deed that is productive of harm and injury 
either to the participant or to another is to be avoided; while 
those that are productive of positive good and helpfulness either 
to the participant or to another, provided it is free from harm to 
anyone, is to be encouraged. Similarly, food or drink which proves 
injurious to the physical being is to be avoided; no matter how 



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pleasant it may be to the taste; because if it retards physical 
functioning and interferes with normal activity of the organism 
in any way; or induces poisonous accretions; stimulating ap- 
petite to an abnormal degree, it dulls or deadens the mental 
faculties and directly influences the spiritual part of man. 

The religious devotee to the way of righteousness must 
learn to respect and to honor in his own life the laws of health 
and efficiency with as much devotion as he observes moral and 
ethical requirements, equally with the laws governing prayer, 
sacred silence, and meditation. To the exoteric as to the esoteric 
he must pay his respects with equal reverence, the outer as well 
as the inner, must be consulted and homage rendered. "As the 
outer, so the inner," is the Law of Hermes, the Thrice Wise. 

It is a principle not to be ignored that physical perfection, 
or the refinement and the purification of physical atoms, proceeds 
step by step with spiritual regeneration, or Immortalization of 
the soul. Thus, the illumination of the soul depends upon the 
rejuvenation of the body. To indulge deliberately and wilfully 
in habits that result in sorrow, sickness, misery, regret, and 
inefficiency is to be accounted a sin as grievous as violation 
of the law which commands, "Thou shalt not kill." It may 
seem harsh and radical to claim that deliberate and wilful harm 
or injury to the body, which weakens it or shortens the earth 
life, is to be classed as a form of suicide; but the day is not far 
distant when the principle that identifies physical righteous- 
ness with moral uprightness will have become thoroughly estab- 
lished in the race consciousness. When the sun arises on that 
day man will honor spiritual and natural law with equal ven- 
eration. 

Another error in connection with the law of crucifixion is 
the peculiar idea that in self-denial itself there is virtue, re- 



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gardless of any legitimate reason for it. Test of strength, proof 
of unselfishness, to deny oneself that which is particularly de- 
sirable. The greater the pleasure withheld, the higher the honor 
and the glory of being able to forfeit such participation. Does 
the prodigal son manifest filial devotion by scorning the fatted 
calf, preferring to continue living on husks fit only for swine? 
Such penance, such self-punishment, has no place in a rational 
religion; it is unjust to oneself; it is a dishonor to God. 

In its final analysis, the Law of Crucifixion identifies itself 
with the Laws of Justice, of Balance, and of Equilibrium. It 
prohibits only that which is harmful; encourages everything 
beneficial and helpful. It is by no means a hard and cruel 
master; rather, is generous and magnanimous in the extreme to 
all who honor and obey its dictates in the spirit of humility and 
love. 

The highest aspect, however, of crucifixion of the flesh is 
still to be considered. Materially and spiritually, it has only 
one true meaning, namely, change, or transmutation. It is the 
giving of the life of the lower for the sake of the higher; it 
means that, mentally, spiritually, and physically, man must 
change both body and mind from the carnal self into the purified 
being — a creature that obeys the laws of life. The Law of 
Transmutation upholds unflinchingly as its standard the aim 
that every thought and every act shall have as their ultimate 
purpose greater and more sublime life. This principle obtains 
on both the physical and the mental planes. To eat and to drink, 
to be clothed, and to breathe the breath of life, to think and to 
plan, to cherish ^nd desire ideals, to toil and labor — all is 
actuated by the one great desire, the one motive, the one aim — 
the transmutation of the lower into the higher; of the dross intq 
pure gold; of weakness into strength; of coarse and heavy \i- 



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brations into those fine and light; of sluggish and inactive cur- 
rents into alert and rapid; of disease into health; failure into 
success, and the further transmutation of the material into the 
spiritual; imperfection into the flawless; irresolution into firm- 
ness of will; selfishness into generosity; malice and envy and 
bitterness into forgiveness and kindness and good-will; ignor- 
ance, error, and sin into knowledge, goodness, and righteous- 
ness — this is the esoteric significance of the crucifixion. 

The orthodox interpretation has emphasized the element of 
denial, or "giving up." Unquestionably this is necessary, for 
the lower must be sacrificed for the sake of receiving the higher; 
but we would paint the beauty and the grandeur of the higher, 
that which is to be received, rather than dwell on the pain and the 
anguish of separation from that from which we must be parted. 
In its true sense, denial means death; but the mistake of the 
ages has been in losing sight of the new birth that results from 
this death or denial. Place emphasis on the glory of the New 
Life, and the travail of birth is quickly forgotten ; paint in life- 
like colors the rose-tinted sunrise glow of the new morning, and 
the darkness of the darkest hour is soon lost to memory. 

Let us remember that in the process of passing from the 
lower to the higher, from the carnal to the spiritual, there is 
death or crucifixion only to the undesirable. The truly valuable 
is not to be transmuted; because there is no law, either natural 
or divine, that calls for denial of that which is of permanent 
value. Many things in life, nevertheless, are of worth only as an 
object for exchange; and the real value of many so-called 
blessings consist in their ability to be transmuted into some- 
thing of greater service. Silver or golden coin are neither food 
nor drink; not an ornament to the body nor a joy to the in- 
tellect, nevertheless are of value because they can readily be trans- 



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formed (exchanged) for these. According to the Law of Cruci- 
fixion, that upon which is passed the penalty of death is de- 
sirable by reason of its transmutability into something of in- 
trinsic worth. 

In this connection, let it be emphasized that normal, health- 
ful pleasures are profitable to man as a means of stimulating the 
higher forces; consequently, self-denial in regard to them de- 
feats the very purpose they are intended to serve. Miserly hoard- 
ing of money is self-denial in respect to expenditure; but it de- 
prives the owner of the advantages to be gained by a judicious 
disposition of it. Likewise, strict, rigid self-discipline which 
refuses to satisfy normal, natural demands of the body or mind 
may possess the virtues of self-control; but it fails to satisfy 
the Law of Transmutation. Normal gratification of natural de- 
sire for pleasure, whether physical, mental, or social, is of great 
worth in that it stimulates to activity forces which would other- 
wise lie dormant and useless. The energies thus aroused may be 
directed into channels of usefulness, serving a place of untold 
benefit. True self-satisfaction in respect to innocent pleasures, 
therefore, consists in the attitude of mind one takes toward them; 
the enlightened mind says: "I satisfy this desire not merely for 
the pleasure derived from it, but especially for the sake of stimu- 
lating forces, aspirations and ambitions which I intend to turn 
into channels of usefulness," thus recognizing the Law 
of Transmutation. The lower motive of mere pleasure for its 
own sake is crucified; more correctly speaking, it is trans- 
muted into, or gives life to, the higher motive of receiving power 
and strength and stimulus to be directed into channels of lofty 
endeavor; on this principle, that legitimate joys and pleasures of 
both mind and body are not only permissible, but valuable and 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 1 1 1 

even necessary to the highest culture, the New Commandment 
places great emphasis. 

It is equally true that many things in themselves desirable, 
as pleasures and joys, the means of awakening dormant forces 
and potencies in one's life, serve as a medium of transmutation; 
and it is a fact that normal gratification of these satisfy the 
Law of Crucifixion of the flesh when the lower motive is sac- 
rificed to the higher aspiration. However, it is not to be for- 
gotten that there are many undesirable traits and qualities which 
must be overcome; and the sacrifice of transmutation of these is 
another form of satisfying this law. There are many desires and 
tendencies which must be refused; and the foregoing of such 
gratification is one form of crucifixion. There are many habits 
thoroughly established in one's nature which must be corrected; 
and the rectification of harmful habits is also a feature of this 
law. 

Chief among the undesirable tendencies is that of harbor- 
ing destructive thoughts and feelings; man must overcome and 
change, he must transmute these into that which is desirable; 
such a denial requires strength, and often the execution is pain- 
ful; but he who holds to the ideal standard of healthful, con* 
structive thought will count suffering as nothing in comparison 
with the gain to be derived therefrom. 

Most deadly among the degrading passions is the tendency 
to anger ; this must be overcome ; it manufactures a poison which 
inoculates both mind and body. No one really wishes to give 
way to a fit of anger, but the habit may gain such power over 
one as to seem uncontrollable; let him who is a slave to this pas- 
sion take courage; it is possible to transmute it into a power 
for good, anger being the antithesis of forgiveness. The force 
expended in the direction of anger and malice may be turned into 



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the channel of good- will and wholesome service. It is much like 
an uncontrolled current of water; by harnessing it and utilizing 
it in running your machinery, it is transformed from a source of 
danger and menace into a benefit. The force and power mani- 
fested in anger is good; overcome the tendency, change the cur- 
rent, set it to work running your physical and mental machinery 
according to the ideal of service to others ; and you transmute its 
power into strength, making Health certain. 

Admittedly, overcoming the tendency to anger and quick 
judgment calls for great watchfulness and persistent effort; but 
the greater the price paid, the more desirable the reward. When 
the passion manifests, immediately make conscious effort to 
change it into good-will, forgiveness, and love. This requires 
extreme will-pK)wer, courage and per^stency; it is a real crucifi- 
ion; it is difficult and painful, the passion being part of one's 
very life. 

Jealousy is the twin to anger ; of the vast multitudes very few 
are free from this monster. Here is a mighty work to be ac- 
complished; a crucifixon that will be deeply felt; a powerful 
current of force which must be changed. Nevertheless, great is 
the reward of those who overcome; desirable the price of victory; 
and glorious the crown of the champion. If it is a matter of 
jealousy because of possessions, one must control one's thought 
and wish another no less, though being justified in desiring 
more for oneself; providing legitimate effort is made to obtain 
that wanted or needed. The energy wasted in begrudging and 
jealousy when turned into honest endeavor, quickly helps us to 
achieve. 

Envy, the master of countless numbers, offers great oppor- 
tunity for crucifixion. Within most people this passion has a 
strong hold. It is difficult for these to understand why others, 



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apparently not as worthy, not laboring as hard as they, should 
have greater possessions. We forget that the soul has existed 
eternally and made many pilgrimages, and possibly the one 
we envy may have suffered greatly and earned fully all it has. 
Envy must be crucified ; we must change it into love, must desire 
happiness for those whom we are tempted to envy. 

Thus we see that crucifixion is real and that there is 
necessity for it in the lives of all men and women. Oucifixion, 
however, is not a process of stifling, stultifying, or destroying; 
this statement is true both in regard to natural, normal desires, 
passions, and appetites, whether of body, mind, or soul, which 
may be gratified, and in respect to undesirable traits, qualities 
and tendencies, which are to be overcome, or changed. Cruci- 
fixion is not a negative process, it is always a positive, active 
labor. In the case of destructive traits it is the art of changing 
them consciously into constructive habits ; while in respect to in- 
nocent pleasures, it is the art of transmuting the thought of mere 
pleasure into that of awakening forces to be employed in channels 
for good. In either case, it demands alertness and activity. The 
old idea of self-denial results in sluggishness and weakness of 
character; but an understanding of the Christie Interpretation is 
productive of power, strength, life — newness of life — making 
Health certain. 

As we pass through the various states of crucifixion, we 
gradually free the mind from bondage and the fetters that bind 
it — as with rods of iron. Thus, having obtained freedom for the 
mind from undesirable, destructive passions, we are at leisure to 
devote time to pursuits and interests that are pleasure-bringing 
and constructive. As these changes continue, the body eliminates 
the deadly poisons which had been previously generated. As 
body and mind gain strength, the soul awakens and is enlight- 



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ened; unfoldment and development follows. Gradually, mortal- 
ity puts on immortality; man becomes like the gods; and, in time, 
Sonship with the Father is established; man has gained Con- 
fttious Individuality. 

These are some of the principles underlying the doctrine 
of crucifixion of the flesh as taught by us. They are not pre- 
sented merely with the idea of satisfying an intellectual crav- 
ing for speculation in regard to doctrinal tenets; they are for 
those who hunger after truth, righteousness, and service; those 
who are anxious to apply to their own character the measuring 
rod of self-discipline, aye, especially for those who are ready to 
honor and obey the Law as a means of transmuting dross and 
alloy into pure gold; failure into success; weakness into 
strength; mortality into immortality, thereby making Health 
certain. 

No amount of faith in the personality of Jesus as an extra- 
ordinary character, aye, not even faith in him as the only be- 
gotten Son of God and as one arisen from the dead, can suffice 
to redeem man from the bondage of ignorance, error, and sin. 
Faith, however, in the law he obeyed in demonstrating Sonship 
with the Father and power over death — ^this will accomplish 
wonders in redeeming man from bondage to ignorance, error, 
and sin, if daily lived. Jesus was a deliverer in that he taught a 
doctrine and a system of living which will, when obeyed, free 
mankind from ignorance, sickness, and failure, 



Ckapter Ten 



Is Life Without Religion Human? 

The frequently reputed assertion that relig;ion is not 
essential to the higher life of people, the same height in cul- 
ture and enlightenment being attainable, and life as desirable, 
without religion; is always based on ignorance or a wilful per- 
version of truth. 

Seemingly, this is an age of irreligion; but underneath the 
surface, beneath the seeming contempt for all apparently reli- 
gious, there is in the hearts of man, lying dormant perhaps, a 
respect for true worship as pronounced as ever found in the souls 
of men in any age. Undoubtedly it is true that men have lost 
respect for formal homage to a personal duty; and no longer 
accept the current interpretation of the Biblical narrative; and 
have ceased to respect the established church ; as also the various 
vehicles through which spiritual formulas are given the people; 
but one can no longer wonder at this, considering the fanati- 
cism of bigoted formalists who are attempting to force men to 
attend church, whether they will or not; and who, if successful 
in securing legislative enactments, will do more to breed dis- 
content, irreligion, and disgust with law and order among the 
people, than would world economic conditions. 

Religion is life itself; without it man would quickly de- 
generate to the status of the animal. It is the link connecting 
man with the higher spheres; if this be broken man loses his 
birthright; becoming less human than the savage; for the sav- 



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age, though illiterate and uncultured, according to our standard, 
has a comprehensive religion. 

There are men who maintain they have faith in no religion 
bcause they do not even believe in the existence of a God; but 
give heed to the man who voices such a claim, as he proceeds 
with his duties, and his business relations with his fellow men. 
Question him carefully, and you may find that his religion, is 
work, a method of business. He deals honestly with all men 
in his transactions, though there is no outer restraint to com- 
pel him to practice fair methods. Ask him why he does so, 
and he will inform you that he considers it best. Tell him that 
as he believes in nothing, there is neither external nor internal 
law to compel him to be honest, why not take advantage of this 
and accrue power and influence, as well as money, through sel- 
fish and illegitimate means ? The usual answer to such a ques- 
tion is: "No, I think honesty is best." He may be unconscious 
of the fact, nevertheless, honesty is to him a religion; and he 
lives it faithfully; nor is the spiritual feeling within him dead; 
it simply does not exhibit itself as such because he has not founa 
a satisfactory avenue of expression. How much more desirable 
to both God and man is such a life than that of the one wh<? 
professes the salvation of his soul, as also close relationship with 
God, but whose word is never to be depended upon, while his 
business methods always require careful watching? 

Theorize as we may, religion is the. only reality there is. 
It is not a mere belief, nor a blind faith ; but living in obedience 
to the di^vine will. It is founded on the principle of life; is the 
incentive back of life ; the divine urge that called man into being. 
It is the link between man and God ; and when man attempts to 
actually free himself from the bond he quickly degenerates 
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Proportionate as man has this religious consciousness with- 
in him will be his love for all that is worth while in life. Prayer 
and devotion to formal worship are not the only means whereby 
man expresses his spiritual emotions; on the contrary, the most 
perfect manifestation of religious sentiment is in the love of the 
beautiful and flawless. Love of flowers, of music, of art, of 
architecture, of symmetry and proportion, all these are evidence 
of a devotional nature. Religion may be aptly defined as love 
for all that is beautiful; the beauty that is the natural result of 
perfection and harmonious with it ; and according to the religious 
feeling and sentiment in one's nature will be the devotion to the 
various expressions of beauty and perfection. 

It is an established fact, known to all close observers, that 
men who are the most truly spiritual in their nature are the 
greatest lovers of music, flowers, the arts, and of the aesthetic 
in all departments of life; nor should one be led to believe that 
this fondness for the beautiful need lead away from the practical 
and useful ; utility and true beauty going hand in hand. Beauty 
is another synonym for perfection; the highly bred animal is a 
perfect specimen of its kind; the loveliest flower is the most 
exquisite of its kind; flawlessness in the equipment of a building 
is inseparable from the purpose it is intended to serve; the noble 
character is an example of grace and virtue; while the splendid 
physique is a picture of health as well as a dream of pleasing 
outlines; in fact, health is the secret of beauty, both in form 
and feature. In reality, in the final analysis, religious sentiment 
and love of the beautiful and exquisite are synonymous terms. 

Beyond all contradiction, religion has but one aim — the 
perfection of man. This is not a formal faith; but a feeling; 
not a formulated belief, but a desire for the highest attainment; 
not a profession of faith in some creed, but a Spiritual light in 



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the heart of man. It is a delight in the noble and beautiful 
wherever found; a faith in the ultimate ideal wherever mani- 
fested. Its highest expression is in the love for one's fellow 
men, and in the labor of developing manhood or womanhood in 
its highest phase. The incentive for the realization of ultimate 
perfection as the goal placed before man and woman, is the 
evidence of true religion; while faith and effort in its attainment 
is the proof of godly devotion. A purpose and a will-power that 
draws one constantly toward the ideal in every department of 
life, is uncontradictory evidence of religion's power and fervor. 
It is a delusive idea that would lead us to believe true faith 
is dead in the present age; that men are irreligious at heart 
is a grievous misconception of facts. At no time in the history 
of the world have men desired more for the harmonious and 
beautiful as expressions of higher development than in the pres- 
ent age. Evidence of this is readily recognized in the tendency 
of the time toward the elevation and spiritualization of the vari- 
ous arts and trades, crafts and professions. Some are devoted to 
the greater improvement of all constructive machinery; others 
to the purpose of developing the plant, fruit, and flower; and 
many to breeding stock to its highest purity ; all these are engaged 
in elevating pursuits, and the incentive is the internal urge 
having its foundation in a love for the ideal. Admittedly an ever 
increasing nulnber are leaving the church ; but this is not the in- 
dication of an inclination to become less religious, rather is it to 
be considered as silent testimony of their loss of faith in the 
churches as dependable institutions; and creeds as saviors of 
souls; all this due to their experiences with men who loudly 
profess religion while profiteering in business and exploiting 
women and children; and with others who confess great liber- 
ality of thought at one moment and are in readiness to persecute 



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and prosecute those who differ with them; or with others who 
continuously make various promises and never fulfill any of 
them, and do not even possess the manhood or courtesy to inform 
the promisee to the contrary. 

In the trades and business activities, the modern spirit 
presents the appearance of rivalry and competition, and this 
?erves as a goad that stimulates men to more skilled execution 
and greater effort. Rivalry is an incentive toward accuracy and 
delicacy — another form of idealism. The universal demand for 
superior goods and more excellent workmanship incites to gen- 
uine love for quality and unquestionable skill in the preparation 
of products. Even the struggle for existence arouses latent 
forces and unrecognized abilities in the expression of artistic 
tendencies. It is freely admitted that economic conditions to- 
day are far from ideal, due to the profiteering of a favored few 
of those in possession of wealth, and an attempt to imitate these 
unholy ones by multitudes of workers jealous of the power of 
the few; and that often rivalry and competition do not germ- 
inate in altruistic motives; nevertheless, despite unjust condi- 
tions and cruel measures, spiritual feelings throb under the 
tattered garb of many a humble workman who honors the ideal 
in doing his best in every undertaking; as well as under the 
silks and satins of the ultra-rich who recognize their possessions 
only as an avenue through which to benefit mankind generally. 
Many a lad, bom with the instinct of the beautiful, forced by 
poverty to a life of toil, finds satisfaction in giving artistic ex- 
pression and willing execution to the task in hand. This may 
be commonplace duty; his implements may be crude; but he 
honors both the labor and the instruments by the accuracy of his 
skill in the accomplishment; so he satisfies a deeply-rooted 



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leligious instinct, altliough he may actually consider himself 
an unbeliever and agnostic. 

The present is the age wherein love of the beautiful and 
harmonious are made practical and useful. It is no longer con- 
sidered that one who delights in the esthetic sits with folded 
hands dreaming of heavenly chants and music of harps; on the 
contrary, he is satisfied with no less than the actual creation or 
expression of the beauty he feels. If circumstances debar him 
from discovering an outlet for his artistic tendencies in the 
cliannels of his choice, he quickly applies his love of harmony 
and symmetry to the task at hand; and through faithful per- 
formance of commonplace duties according to a lofty ideal, 
he creates for himself an avenue along the lines of his choice. 
Eventually he becomes master of his art, and gives expression 
to the dreams of his childhood, this is the path to success. 

Undoubtedly men no longer give the expression to religious 
feeling in the same manner they did formerly. Long, tire- 
some lip prayers fail to satisfy; sermons the length of which 
are measured by hours, are losing their influence over men. 
However, often those who find religious forms and ceremonies 
irksome are generous in expressing their appreciation of the 
beautiful and perfect wherever found; are unrestrained in their 
praise of inspiring, soul-stirring music and art ; and are held en- 
raptured by the power of harmony and rhythm in sound, color, 
and movement. They are liberal to the highest degree when 
an appeal is made to their generosity for money to benefit the 
needy; and ever ready with the helping hand when a fallen 
brother or sister requires their assistance, morally, spiritually, 
or financially. This is true worship at the shrine of God. 

The religion of the people is taking practical form; demand- 
ing positive expression, this is an encouraging sign. Men are 



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becoming lovers of perfection in every department of life; great 
is the mystery indicated by this truth. Love of the ideal, in 
time, will induce men to seek this state for themselves. Herein 
we read the handwriting on the wall, the coming of an enlight- 
ened period, which is to be when religion shall have become the 
life of the people — an existence the aim of which is the equal 
development and refinement — an exaltation of body, mind, and 
soul. 

For this reason the New Commandment encourages men 
seeking the beautiful; those attempting the achievement of per- 
fection for its own sake, and surrounding themselves with the 
best and highest in art. We may not be able to lead men at one 
bound to accept the exalted life and the ultimate aim of religion 
—the deification of manhood and womanhood; but by giving 
rhem the most sublime expressions of art and nature, we stim- 
ulate in them energies which tend eventually toward the ideal 
race. The more the individual is encouraged in the gratifica- 
tion of that phase of the idealistically practical which he most 
desires, the quicker will be his response to the appeal for the 
personification of all that is exalted. To argue that love for 
the beauties of nature, God's handiwork, is not a type of wor- 
ship, is to deny that the letter, a, is a part of the alphabet. 

Veneration for that which is perfect and a desire to express 
it is the attracting center to which all men are being drawn. 
God Himself is revealed to mankind through the beauties of His 
creation. The nearer faultless an object is, the more closely it 
resembles God — ^the one epithet applied to God being perfection, 
hove of the exquisite in the heart of any one gives evidence 
that there is therein a desire for God and all that pertains to 
Him, and requires merely the arousing of the Spark of Divinity 
when it will burst into a flame; sweeping all before it. Find a 



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man who cares little for music, who lacks interest in the beauti- 
ful, whose heart remains unstirred by tokens of perfection, and 
you have a creature who cares little for life, and less for 
the love of his fellow men — Religion is not in the heart. He is in 
reality no longer man; but a broken reed shaken and tossed and 
blown here and there by every wind. 

A growing desire for the beautiful and flawless gradually 
awakens in the heart of man a something of which he was here- 
tofore unaware. This manifests itself in the longing to be- 
come worthy of all that is of intrinsic value; to harmonize with, 
and become part of it. This new birth will, in the beginning, 
create a restlessness, possibly an indescribable hunger of the 
heart, a yearning, leading to the search for that which will satis- 
fy. In some manner, man should, at this stage of his growth, 
be induced to recognize that all for which he longs — all beauty, 
all power, all energy, all harmony, all of creative potency, are to 
be found within himself. The method of realization should be 
clearly indicated to him; if he will live, the desire will gradually 
become as a living fire sweeping all before it, then it will become 
apparent to him that love of the beautiful and noble constitutes 
religion the most sincere and devout. Though it may manifest 
first as a passion for music and harmony, or for the beauties of 
nature, or a desire for health and strength, in the end it becomes 
a passion for regeneration and rejuvenation of the self — a burn- 
ing urge to become like the Father. 

Mankind has been Jpassing through various stages of 
growth; leading to the place whence real progress may be made. 
The turning point has been reached ; and definite growth noted. 
But a few centuries ago, men lived in self-denial; not in respect 
to that which it is well to exercise self-control, but in suppress- 
ing every expression of love for the beautiful. It was for- 



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bidden to be surrounded with objects of beauty; many har- 
bored the belief that music should be discouraged; laughter 
was God-forbidden; asceticism, rather than religion, prevailed; 
even now a few sects may be found who forbid household adorn- 
ments and the beautiful in dress. Denial and repression origi- 
nates in regard for a creed, rather than in love for an. ideal. In 
the hearts of men there was not so much love, joy ^nd peace, 
as in the hearts of those who today profess no religion, or 
church connection, but who surround themselves with the beauti- 
ful; cherishing lofty ideals, and generous, kindly thoughts. 
Many of those who today are classed as irreligious and non-be- 
lievers in respect to outer forms of worship have in their hearts 
less hatred, jealousy, envy, and ill-will than those who make 
loud profession of faith. In the early days of American history 
religious zeal led men to persecute and even bum those whom 
they looked upon as heretics; and it is evident that, although 
men of our day do not make much public confession of faith, and 
consequently considered less religious, they are, in fact, more 
truly spiritual, and less in bondage to destructive passions, while 
fellowship has a stronger place in their hearts. 

Progress is marked; nevertheless, this is merely the awak- 
ening stage in the growth of the race; shortly will come the 
actual developing stage, wherein men will actively seek to find 
all that will give life more abundantly; the Humanitarians 
foresee this and have prepared for the work. When this new 
age is fully come, men will live the life of development ; will 
seek for Conscious Individuality; will turn failure into success; 
making Health certain. 

Truly men have fallen from their divine estate; but that 
is no indication they will need remain thus; rather, having 
gained knowledge of their primary mistake, and wisdom help- 



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ing them reclaim their heritage will press forward, onward, 
and upward, until the sublime realization is attained; becoming 
as one of the gods, knowing good from evil; choosing the con- 
structive because of the realization that only through this is life 
to be found. 

What was the prevailing doctrine of the age that we have 
just left behind; was it that man should be perfect? Was it 
not rather that he should subscribe to a form, that outside of 
this theme could be no salvation, no life in eternity? Admittedly, 
it was taught man should obey God or be condemned, and for- 
ever damned; but how was he to obey? In becoming like the 
Father, physically and spiritually, or in crucifying the flesh, 
destroying it, suppressing and degenerating its normal demaads ? 

What is the fundamental of the New Commandment for 
the New Age? 

"That man shall redeem the body and cleanse the heart." 
This is the foundation upon which the religion, the very life, of 
the new man, must be built. Not to crucify the flesh, nor to 
ignore it, neither to mortify the body; but to care for it, develop 
it, cleanse it through right living, and regenerate it through obe- 
dience and constructive thoughts. To perfect the body that it may 
become a beautiful temple wherein the soul of man manifests as 
the son of God — this is the doctrine of the new age. 

It is two fold; it not only inculcates the upbuilding, the 
perfection, and the beautifying of the body, but also to cleanse 
the heart. Man must free himself of all that is destructive in 
thought and thereby build the Irmnortal Soul, attaining Con- 
scious Individuality. 

This is the basis of the religion for the age; it is prac- 
tical; sanctified by God. We know this because those who have 



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obeyed its instructions have found it constructive and redemp- 
tive. Its principles can be applied to eveiy-day needs, and the 
reward is manifold. "Redeem the body that is thine, and 
cleanse the soul with the body." This is the message we bring 
to men. It is neither mysterious, nor hard to understand; it is 
life-giving and inspiring; making Health Certain. 



Tlie Exalted Life 

Crucifixion is not to be identified with repression of natural- 
ness and ease, nor with the suppression of joy and merriment. 
It is not in any way inconsistent with happiness and pleasure, 
whether in the form of social functions, games, sports, and other 
forms of wholesome recreation and diversions. Normal gratifi- 
cation of one's social nature, and the satisfaction of the demand 
for physical activity apart from labor and toil, reasonable in- 
dulgence in festivities and merry-making, stimulating interests 
which admit of variety along lines of art, nature, and music — 
all these are not only permissible but even advantageous to man's 
spiritual growth. 



Ckapter Eleven 



Man, Temple of the Living God 

"Ye are the Temples of the Living God" was thundered 
forth by St. John, the favored apostle, and is the great Law of 
being. Three or more thousand years before the Christian era 
the world's greatest philosopher taught his students this same 
saving truth in the old law: "As it is below, so it is above." 
Likewise, "as it is above, so it is below." According to this ex- 
pression of order must all that exists be considered. 

What is our opinion of a building in most respects per- 
fect, but crumbling away in spots? Its superior style of archi- 
tecture, its faultless designs, and its construction are all lost to 
view by reason of the process of decay clearly shown. That 
which is inferior is always the first to attract attention; a weak- 
ness is ever the more conspicuous by virtue of its contact with 
the perfect. 

The body of the average man is such a building; he was 
patterned after the image of the Creator and endowed with the 
same attributes. Whether we accept it or not, it is none the lesy 
true that the body of man is the temple of the living God, or 
else all sacred literature, including the Christian's Bible, is a 
fraud. As the temple of the living God man is an exact proto- 
type of a beautiful temple structure in which men worship the 
Father; and though the body, this temple, may be faultless in 
its construction and appointments, if it is marred through the 
effects of disease it is not all it was intended to be; and wor- 



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ship therein, that is, the expression of God, cannot be holy 
(whole-ly) so long as weakness and illness is in possession. 

This truth brings us face to face with a serious problem, 
one that affects every living being. It is this : only one attribute 
can fully manifest itself through the body at a time; therefore, 
the presence of disease in man is conclusive evidence that God, 
the Divinity, is not solely in possession of that temple; but 
that the carnal nature, or call it what we will, is the master. 
One or the other is always in control and predominates. God is 
revealed through health, beauty, and harmony; evil manifests in 
disease, inharmony, suffering and sin. All that is perfect is of 
God; and it is correct to say that evil is represented by weak- 
ness, failure, disease, and death. 

Unquestionably man is the temple of the living God; but 
it must be acknowledged that more generally the temi>le is or- 
cupied by other than the Father. It is incumbent upon man to 
so prepare the human structure that God will gladly dwell 
therein; since it is undeniable that the Infinite cannot abide un- 
less it is fit for His presence. 

This demands a consideration of the concept "Divine 
Being," or "the Infinite." Many do not think of the Infinite 
as a personal being, consequently unable to comprehend how the 
All-Inclusive could be in man, and skeptical as regards man 
being the Temple of God. Each one is free to cast aside every 
idea of personality and individuality in connection with Deity; 
but the fact remains that if we do not give proper attention to 
the body, if we fail to satisfy its normal requirements as regard 
food, clothing, sleep, exercise, and other requisites of health, 
strength, and success, there will be disease and failure, resulting 
in suffering, inharmony, distress, and inefficiency; and we say 
God does not dwell there. It is immaterial whether we assert; 



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"God does not dwell in the temple," or state that health, happi- 
ness, harmony, love, forgiveness, and freedom from suffering do 
not inhabit that body. If God can not dwell in the temple, then 
perfection does not there exist. 

We believe in the existence of God as a Universal, all- 
embracing Intelligence and Creative Force, containing within 
Himself all of Love, Strength, Beauty, Power, and Infinite 
Energy; but instead of limiting Him to definite boundaries of 
time and space, of personality and individuality, we think of 
Him as including all that is. He is health. He is happiness. 
He is Life. He is freedom from ignorance, error, and sin. 
Consequently, we say that disease, inharmony, ignorance, error, 
and sin prevailing in the temple of flesh, is equivalent to the as- 
sertion that God does not dwell there; that Godhood has not 
been attained, and cannot be, while these destructive conditions 
predominate. 

Think of a beautiful temple with perfection in detail, de- 
sign, architecture, material, decorations, and appointments, and 
what such a temple would be worth to humanity without a God- 
like priest to officiate; and humble, sincere worshippers to at- 
tend. Undesirable as this would be, it is an exact symbol of the 
average human being. It is possible for the temple of flesh to be 
perfect in all its features and still be desolate and unoccupied by 
the Godhead; likewise is it probable for the body to be like a 
beautiful structure — a specimen of physical perfection, while 
the character dwelling within is destitute of the divine attributes. 
Man may be faultless as an animal, but altogether carnal ; merely 
a temple of flesh. The body to be a highly developed animal, a 
beautiful temple of flesh, is truly desirable and to be encouraged; 
but this in itself is by no means all of life; it is not the divine 



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plan and purpose for man ; but rather, that he shall be both man 
and god; and the possibility of becoming a healthy animal, 
destitute of active divine attributes; of building a beautiful 
temple of flesh without an exalting priesthood within, this is a 
danger to be avoided. 

In the construction of the perfect temple, man must have 
in view the ideal body ; healthy, normal, and with great strength, 
free from disease and the suffering attending disease; and an 
exalted and illuminated soul as the occupant and ruler of it. 
These two ideals must proceed hand in hand, and both proces- 
ses of development take place simultaneously. When the body 
has reached a certain stage of development the soul shall have 
become illumined and Conscious; then man may rest assured 
God dwells within the temple. If these two aspirations are con- 
stantly in mind, every cell of the physical being becomes charged 
with the Divine Desire; the body will not merely be healthy, 
normal flesh, but 'flesh of His flesh," and "Soul of His soul." 

This two-fold process is the normal, correct temple-build- 
ing. It is a method to change (transmute) the mortal into the 
immortal. It is not a procedure of destruction, or tearing 
down; but the natural rebuilding or changing, a growth as 
God had intended it to be; it is making Health certain. 

When man has accomplished this great work, when, through 
his thoughts and desires and habits of living, he has changed 
the body from disease and suffering to health and harmony; when 
the mind has become awakened to the newer and greater life, 
and the soul enlightened and conscious — then has God in very 
truth come to that man and taken possession of the temple; 
man not only becoming the Son of God, but attaining Conscious 
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Having passed through this inner development, a far-oft 
heaven is non-existent, nor does he look forward to the distant 
event of entering a heavenly kingdom. He has entered the 
Elysian sphere, and clearly understands this life td be a part of 
the greater life, that now he enters into his heritage, becoming 
one with those others who have gone before. Heaven is where 
and what we make it. When Heaven commences, or how one 
enters it, rests entirely with the individual. At the moment we 
free ourselves from bondage to the undesirable and destructive 
we begin to live the true life, and with the new life, heaven 
opens to us its portals. The consciousness of life on a higher 
plane is heaven. Harmony and peace, loyalty to a noble ideal, 
to whatever degree developed, belong to that extent to heaven; 
there are grades of heaven as there are of consciousness and 
realization. 

Life is a continual building. It required the entire life 
of King Solomon to build the great temple; in that building all 
the material was carefully inspected to assure it being desirable. 
In like manner should we give our whole attention to the ma- 
terial that is to build our temple; and exercise care that nothing 
except strong, healthy, virile cells be allowed to form the body. 
This necessitates constant watchfulness; our thoughts and feel- 
ings must be guarded and controlled. Thoughts and emotions of 
hatred, anger, ill-will, and malice must not be granted admit- 
tance to mind or heart. Cells thus charged are no more fit to 
enter the bodily structure than are imperfect stones in building 
the walls of a temple that is to endure for ages. 

If, when packing a barrel of fine apples with the intention 
of keeping them for any length of, time, one commencing to de- 
cay be accidentally left with the good, it would shortly in- 
oculate those surrounding it; in time infecting the entire bar-. 



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rel. It is the same with the cells of the body; one charged with 
vibrations of anger will poison neighboring cells and affect the 
healthy ones within a short time. Cells charged with hatred and 
anger are destructive in their effect; consequently tearing down 
rather than building up the physical organism; hence a continual 
work of destruction proceeds in the body of man. Besides the 
passions mentioned, there are many others which charge the cells 
with a destructive force, poisoning the centers; inducing disease 
and abnormal conditions; making health impossible. 

When we fully understand the Law governing Temple 
Building and have in mind that every moment in the life of 
man is one of construction; that not food alone is necessary in 
this process, but that every thought, desire, and passion is charg- 
ing the physical cells with its particular type of vibrations, then 
do we possess the key to life, health, and happiness. 

We wish to emphatically state that the method employed by 
Apollonious of Tyana, as well as by Jesus, in healing the sick, 
i. e., freeing man from disease, is disclosed in the foregoing 
statement. They taught the sufferer how to free the mind from 
the thoughts, passions and desires continually charging the 
cells with disease-creating vibrations; instructing them in sub- 
stituting health-inducing thoughts, desires, and emotions, there- 
by filling each cell with vitality and the virile force essential to 
making Health certain. 

These inculcators of a saving gospel fully understood that 
it is utterly impossible for the man who thinks only of the good, 
the true, and the beautiful, whose mind is filled with thoughts 
of love, good-fellowship, and kindness, and obeying Nature's 
Laws, to be diseased in mind or body; his cells, momentarily 
created, constantly building into the body the life-giving forces 
and energies; making Health certain. 



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The principles here advanced picture the ideal life; but let 
it be understood that we may possess just as much of the de- 
sirable as we are willing to make effort to obtain. In proportion 
we free the mind of hatred, anger, jealousy, and envy; and sub- 
stitute in their place thoughts of good- will, fellowship and love 
will we have peace, harmony, happiness, and contentment. Re- 
sults will be in ratio with the effort ; and if we cleanse the m.en- 
tality and the heart altogether of destructive thoughts and de- 
sires; eating life-giving foods; observing hygenic habits; we 
build towards perfection. The choice is ours ; the work is before 
us; it is merely a question of how greatly we desire these bless- 
ings and what effort we are willing to put forth. 

Another obstacle in the path of the great work, one that 
must be entirely eliminated, is the element of fear. No one can 
attain the highest degree of perfection so long as he allows this 
depressor to be a part of his nature. It is the greatest detriment 
to achievement; more paralyzing in its effects than either anger, 
jealousy, envy, or malice; its benumbing effect is to be accounted 
for in the fact that it effectively prevents us from giving up the 
old destructive life, and grasping hold of the new and greater, 
constructive life. Man is in fear constantly; he dreads the 
opinions of neighbors and friends; is apprehensive of being de- 
prived of pleasures he now enjoys; is dismayed by the thought 
that he may be required to sacrifice profits otherwise his. He 
forgets for the moment that by accepting the new life he will 
win friends and associates of greater benefit to him than those 
who would deny him; that through this life new pleasures will 
come, far more intense than were the old; yet constructive, ele- 
vating, and free from bitter after-effects. 

Fear is the shackle that binds the millions to a life of 



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misery, suffering, and the undesirable; a life that offers an hour 
of pleasure, followed by hours or years of sorrow and pain; 
is like a great black desert in the minds and hearts of the mul- 
titudes ; in the soul of man like a swamp on an otherwise beau- 
tiful farm, making it but one-tenth profitable. If this unsightly 
and miasmic lowland is allowed to remain it decreases even the 
value of the productive soil; but if leveled with good ground 
and cultivated, there will be one vast, beautiful estate. Thus 
is fear in the heart of man; holding him in subjection more than 
nine- tenths of his life; and the one-tenth is overshadowed by 
the repressing influence of the monster. 

Through comprehension of the destructive effects of fear, 
and the effectual effort of closing up this miasmic swamp with 
thoughts and desires for the beautiful, lovable, and true; inter- 
est and obedience to the Divine Law; a life in harmony with 
Nature's dictates, may man reclaim himself ; manifoldly increas- 
ing his efficiency, and making of himself a whole (holy) man. 
Having obtained his freedom from the monster, he will exercise 
all his faculties; rebuilding the bodily structures and becoming 
the temple of the Living God; center of the measureless estate 
destined to be his by divine heritage; no longer in bondage to 
suffering, pain, sorrow, failure, and weakness; but the posses- 
sor of happiness, strength, health, success, and Conscious of his 
Individuality; this is making Health Certain. 



Cliapter Twelve 



Fear, Gate of Death 

Fear is a destroyer of power, of energy, and of life. Has 
been holding the vast multitudes in a strangling grasp; forcing 
them to accept the same doctrines, whether true or false, as 
acknowledged by friends, neighbors, and instructors. Men have 
been afraid to do otherwise than believe that which has been 
taught by those in authority; as a consequence, they were de- 
luded into the belief that their own way of thinking must be 
abnormal and untrustworthy; to be checked, rather than be 
encouraged, if their souls were to be saved. Even the few 
who cherished ideas of their own seldom dared to follow them 
as principles of life lest they be looked upon as revolutionists 
and out of harmony with the majority. 

At last men are commencing to think for themselves; 
recognizing that each individual has a mind of his own for 
no other reason than to use wherewith to do his own thinking. 
They are beginning to understand that the new cycle with its 
Christie interpretation actually has for its foundation the prin- 
ciples of the teachers and philosophers of the past which men 
thought they were following; whereas, in reality, they had ac- 
cepted the modern interpreters merely as external authority, and 
their instructions as creeds or dogmas with no adequate com- 
prehension of their inner meaning. Men are gradually coming 
to a realization that the value of fundamental instructions rest 
in their application to the needs of daily life. To become con- 



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vinced of the practical aspects of a philosophy or a system of 
life, is to induce one to think for himself. No one else can 
determine in detail the requirements of an individual life, 
neither can external authority solve the problems that concern 
that life. A great Master may interpret and expound general 
principles; but each individual must study, think, and contem- 
plate for himself whereby he may obtain an intelligent compre- 
hension of the adaptability of these principles tO' his daily need.- 
Of this fact men are now being convinced; as a consequence, 
they pay homage to their own power of thought, though many 
do not yet trust in their final conclusions. 

The moment man truly thinks, he commands fear to "get 
thee behind me, satan," and really commences to live. With 
thought will come newness of life; the incentive for more in- 
dependent action ; a longing to dare, to do, and to know. Think- 
ing, acting, and living in harmony with the Divine Law in its 
own time results in a renewal of life; one that will be traly 
worth living. Admittedly, this new life often requires a struggle 
because it is not always in harmony with the ideas of those 
about us; this means conflict within and without; but, if the 
mind is fully awakened to the ideal of the regenerate life, it is 
not readily led astray, but persists in following the path indi- 
cated by the Law, and finds Health and success. 

Fear is not life, it is death; in reality, it is hell. If there 
were no other law to punish us for misdeeds, fear alone would 
be a hades terrible enough to satisfy even the most orthodox. 
It is timidity that prevents man from doing his best; cowardice 
not to act in harmony with the inner promptings; and a living 
terror to be left standing outside of the fold of popular opinion. 
To be under the thraldom of fear is a worse bondage than the 
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The Humanitarians in teaching men to free themselves 
from cowardice, from all undesirable conditions, and to live as 
they think they should, despite the opinions of men and author- 
ity-taught doctrines, if such do not harmonize with their own in- 
tuitive conceptions of the truth; though nothing in this is to 
be construed as to place the stamp of approval on any disre- 
spect or disobedience to law and order. We teach men to seek 
their freedom from every fear, except the one, that of the action 
of the Divine Law when they do contrary to the dictates of 
their own conscience; there being no immunity when one dis- 
obeys the dictates of conscience as to what is wrong. None 
should fear God, for he is the God of Love, and "Perfect love 
casteth out all fear," but fear to dishonor and to disobey Him in 
this sense is to reverence and render Him homage. 

There is a two- fold incentive for man to overcome the 
sense of dread and cowardice. First, there is freedom itself, 
which is a great satisfaction and brings peace and well-bemg. 
Second, the realization that the weakness may be transmuted 
into power: Thus the method of overcoming is both positive 
and negative; it insures the lifting of the burden from an un- 
desirable and destructive state of mind; and, in addition, con- 
fers a positive, active energy to take the place of the unholy 
emotion. 

Fear is to be overcome through the Law of Transmutation ; 
the force' expended or wasted in this negative state is to be 
changed into power for good, wherewith to accomplish and 
achieve. Every passion known to man, every chain and bond 
that binds him, when changed, becomes an active agent for good. 
For this reason, among others, the New Commandment does not 
advocate the destruction, or killing, or suppression, of any 



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passion or tendency, no matter how undesirable it may be; but 
the refining of the undesirable into the constructive and elevat- 
ing; the lifting of the lower into the higher. 

A hell of fire and brimstone finds no place in the category 
of the Christie Interpretation. Generally understood, it is a 
place wherein man is punished for things done which should 
have been left undone; or for the sins of omission. That man 
is punished for his sins either here or in the future is an erron- 
eous idea ; he is punished by his sins, either now or sometime in 
the future, and this is what is meant by "thy sins have found 
thee out." Of all the punishment inflicted on man, that of fear 
is the most terrible; and all who labor under it are in hell, a 
hades as surely as would be one composed of fire and brimstone. 
How few have been free from the av/ful suffering caused Dy 
waiting for a calamity which is expected ; the fear, the suspense, 
the dread, and the uncertainty — that is hell. Sitting and wait- 
ing, constantly expecting, dreading to make a move, thinking 
faculties paralyzed, reasoning power in abeyance, sense restricted 
to breath, this is hell, destructive to soul and body. 

Man must become the master; these conditions must be 
changed, and can be by an understanding of the promise made 
to him by the Divine Will, which must be accepted with trust, 
and a manifesting of the faith in them by living accordingly. 
Man must think, act, and regulate his actions in harmony with 
the dictates of the Law and he will gain liberty from all that 
is undesirable, thereby gaining power, and making Health cer- 
tain. 

Fear cannot be mastered by mere faith in the promises of 
the All Father; but can be overcome only through thoughts and 



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actions that harmonize with the Law whereon the promises rest. 
All undesirable passions and emotions relax their grasp only as 
we manifest faith in the Divine Law by regulating our ever) 
day existence in harmony with it; and thus we grow into love, 
wisdom, and true understanding; and in exact proportion as we 
develop these within us will fear vanish. "Perfect love casteth 
out fear." 

Life throughout is a growth ; likewise is all true knowledge. 
Mere belief in the truth of a statement does not constitute under- 
standing. Acceptance of the teachings of another will not pass 
as wisdom. Enlightenment is that which we feel within our- 
selves ; realizing it is a part of our very life, manifesting through 
our inner consciousness; and the more we live in harmony with 
the Divine Law, the greater will be the wisdom we shall obtain. 

Wisdom is like a mustard seed ; accept a little of it and live 
accordingly, and it will gain greatly, and deliver you from the 
bondage of ignorance. Fear is the outgrowth, the legitimate fruit 
of ignorance and error. Courage, faith, and hope are the child- 
ren of knowledge and love. All conditions under which man 
suffers have a work to perform, a mission to fulfill, a purpose 
to satisfy; through them man is induced to sfeek for wisdom. 
Without pain and sorrow, man would make no effort to gain 

freedom ; without knowing fear man could not understand peace 
of mind and the joys of love; without knowledge of h^ite, he 
could not realize the power of friendship and forgiveness; and 
without experiencing the absence of love, little or nothing would 
be known of the potency and efficacy of it. Thus with all the 
passions and vices and sorrows; man must experience them all 
in order to desire their opposite; and the only reason for evil 
is to enable one to choose the good. This is not an indication that 



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man should indulge in evil for the sake of appreciating the 
constructive, nor that he should deliberately experience wrong 
and error, sin and suffering, to gain knowledge of the value 
of their opposite. 

The duty of man, now that he is on the earth plane, is to 
transmute all undesirable passions and emotions, no matter 
what they may be, into that which gives greater strength, power, 
and efficiency. This is true whether it concerns hate, anger, 
malice, ill-will, or destructive habits which have become a part 
of our nature. They must all be changed into health, strength, 
harmony, wisdom, happiness; and finally and ultimately, into 
Conscious Individuality, — immortality of soul. 

All that we now consider a task, duty, or even a yoke, and 
which we bow under because we think we must, must be trans- 
formed from a chain of bondage into a garland of flowers — of 
love, a privilege which will help us toward realization. 

Man must be wedded (bound) to something; otherwise he 
would stand alone and separate from all; but his is the choice 
of the bond. He may choose that which results from fear, ul- 
timately leading to death; or love and all that belongs to the 
divine passion, gradually leading him toward Light, and Life, 
and Immortality. 

The inception of real life — of strength, health, power, In- 
dividuality and Sonship, is at the moment man accepts the 
glorious truth that he is created in the image of the Father; 
that he possesses in himself all power, all potentialities, all that 
is in God, the first Creator, though in lesser degree; in fact, 
the truth that he is the temple of the living God. This recogni- 
tion is merely the beginning; the point from whence the start 
is to be made; once having accepted this truth, he must, like 



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the builder of temples and mansions, follow the art of building 
from the very foundation until the structure is finished. He 
must be most careful in the material he accepts; must know 
how to direct the work, and how to continue faithfully until the 
building is complete and beautiful in its perfection. This we 
teach. 

Accepting the first truth, the foundation principle, and 
building according to his understanding of the truth, man will 
also begin to comprehend what it means to have freedom, not 
merely from the bondage of fear, but from all that stultify his 
forces through it. As he commences to actually live, he will 
grow; as he grows he will manifest the fruits, always the result 
of obedience to Nature's Laws. 

Man was not created to be the victim of fear; nor to suffer; 
surely not to die. He was to be free, fearless as his Creator. He 
is to enjoy life, and to know happiness. Made in the image of 
the Father, he is to live forever; and so shall he live when he 
has learned to sever the bonds that bind him; when he has 
thrown aside the limitations resultant on race beliefs which 
have been his mortal enemies, lo, these many centuries. 

The Soul seed (the Divine Spark) that is now in man 
could not gain knowledge without the body, the flesh is of the 
earth and with its limitations; consequently, through its own 
volition, it "fell" into matter and the shortcomings thereof. It 
is impossible for the soul to again know God and become like 
Him, returning to its ideal state through retaining the knowledge 
it has gathered during the pilgrimage, without accepting the 
great truth that the present life is for the purpose of obtaining 
wisdom and enlightenment, and more especially for the redeem- 
ing of the soul from all undesirable conditions. The soul re- 



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claims itself, not through some special favor granted it by God, 
or because of the intercession of one called Jesus, but through 
its own efforts, its own worthiness, its desires and volition, har- 
monizing with the instructions given man by Jesus and other 
great teachers. 

Redemption, full, complete, and perfect, has reference not 
alone to the soul, but to the body, and signifies freedom of body 
and soul. The physical being shall become purified from tlie 
elements that bind the carnal to it; shall become partner and co- 
worker with the soul, sharing its pleasures, its joys, and its har- 
monious states which the soul can alone enjoy. 

To what paramount desire in man can we point above all 
others to prove that death was not planned by the Divine Will 
as the goal for man? What longing, greater than any, sways 
most men, and is strongest in them? Search the hearts of men, 
seek for the most hidden desire, not merely for the one they 
seemingly think is in the ascendant, but the actual, possibly un- 
conscious aspiration. There are many, numberless indeed, who, 
being ill, long for health; others, multitudes, who, loveless, seek 
affection; hordes, who, without possession, wish for riches; but 
these are not the living desires in the universal human heart. 
It is life, a fulness of being, that rules the inmost heart of hu- 
manity. 

According to all the masters of the past, the philosophers 
of all ages, it is actually possible for liian to attain that which 
the heart actively longs for, provided he is willing to put forth 
the effort, to accept the self-denial and the struggle necessary 
to attainment. This being admitted, who is there to deny that 
the desire for life, being the strongest and most universal, is 
capable of fulfillment ? Especially may we grant the possibility 



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when we are aware that every true teacher and philosopher, in- 
cluding Jesus, promised the redemption of both body and soul. 
Eternal life will not be achieved through a knowledge of 
eugenics and race improvement; nor will it be possible through 
the perfection of body only; it is only when men comprehexid 
that it is essential to refine and regenerate both body and soul 
at the same time; the building into the soul the desire for con- 
tinual life. This must charge every cell, every atom, in the en- 
tire body, and vitalize the entire being, with both physical and 
spiritual energy. 

This can be accomplished; it is merely necessary for the 
human family to accept the promise, and to live according to 
the instructions given. Think of life; but, aside from the thought, 
Uve in harmony with it. Charge every cell of your body, not 
with fear, as in the past, but with freedom; not with hate, 
but "Vidth love; not with grudges and ill-will, but with forgive- 
ness; not with envy of the possessions of others, but with bless- 
ings to them, and a sincere wish that they may have happiness 
and a fuller life; and with a longing that you may yourself gain 
all that is essential to your happiness and well-being. 

Life cannot be divided into degrees; it is through the liv- 
ing we gain results, irrespective of the doctrine we accept. If 
we live according to the laws of death, we shall reap the fruits; 
if we guide ourselves in harmony with the dictates of Nature, 
God grants us a fuller life. Ours is the choice; success and 
health is ours for the asking. 



Awakening 



Some of the organized churches are beginning to see the 
danger in the enactment of so-called "Blue Laws;" the Adventists 
declaring that Congressional encroachment in the Spiritual realm 
would enforce hypocrisy by law. Such a conclusion is unques- 
tionably correct. 

Washington, Jan. 15. — Sunday Blue Laws are described as 
encroachment of civil power into the spiritual realm, in a memor- 
ial adopted by the General Conference Committee of Seventh-Day 
Adventists made public to-day at headquarters here. Opposition 
to all Sunday laws is declared, particularly to proposed Federal 
enactments. 

"Asserting that the complete separation of church and state 
was essential to the country's well-being, the memorial declares 
that failure to recognize this distinction in the past had been 
the primary cause of religious persecutions. The' present strong 
organized effort to secure Blue Law enactments, it added, are de- 
structive both to the church and the state, however innocent they 
may appear, and if successful will eventually destroy the pillars 
upon which our government is founded. 

"Sabbath-keeping is not a civil but a religious duty, the 
memorial declared. Congress therefore has nothing whatever to 
do with the question of its observance. 

"Only those whose hearts God has changed can truly keep a 
holy Sabbath. As no legislation by Congress can change the 
human heart, to make citizens perform a religious act when they 
are not religious is to enforce hypocrisy by law. 

"Honest labor is no more uncivil on Sunday than on Mon- 
day. It is only religious prejudices which are disturbed by labor 
on this day more than on other days. But bolstering up some 
particular theological dogma and protecting the religious prejudices 
of citizens is not the business of congress." — The Philadelphia In- 
quirer, Sunday January 16, 1921. 



Ckapter Tliirteen 



The Life of Sin Alone Brings Death. 

What is sin? This question depends all on having ref<jr- 
ence to the higher life. 

Not merely is sin all that affects the soul and gives it status 
in the life beyond death, but it is all-inclusive of everything 
having influence on man here and now. Sin has been considered 
as the committance of deeds which deny entrance into the realm 
of bliss in the Hereafter; acts of daily life, possibly of hourly 
indulgences; the only direct effect of which is to prevent man's 
entrance into a sphere of delight, joy and peace; thoughts, de- 
sires, and acts which are contrary to the will of God. While it 
is true that all these make their impression on the soul, and 
concern its relation with God, by no means does it end there; 
on the contrary, they powerfully retard or elevate the person- 
ality and individuality, having a bearing on health, strength 
and efficiency, as well as the peace and satisfaction, and the 
harmony of life here and now. 

The New Commandment maintains and inculcates as an 
ta.bsolute fact that any thought, desire, or act, irrespective of its 
nature, is a sin if in any manner it is injurious either to the 
participant or to any other; and, further, that it is not merely 
an article of faith but an actual truth founded on common 
sense and reason, that any thought, desire, or act which is harm- 
ful to neither the participant and does not visit suffering and 
sorrow to another cannot t>e wrong nor siij. There is not th§ 



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slightest difference between that tenned a sin and what others 
designate wrong-doing, wrong-living, or working against the 
best interests of others; in principle they are the same. For 
instance, hygienic law is on an equality with moral and ethi- 
cal law; care -of the body is as important as regard for the soul; 
habits which influence the welfare of the physical being, whether 
respecting food and drink, or any other factor of health and 
efficiency, to be classed as injurious or noninjurious, and, con- 
sequently, as right or wrong, constructive or sinful. To indulge 
in eating or drinking that which is harmful to the physical be- 
ing is not only destructive to the person, but is actually commit- 
ting a sin, one that directly affects the soul. Sin is any death 
dealing agency, any destructive principle, all harmful and in- 
jurious habits. To be guilty of living out of harmony with Na- 
ture's Law, thus bringing hurt to the physical being, is living a 
sinful, death-dealing life. 

In the earth life the body is as important as the soul; 
otherwise God were to be condemned for having influenced man 
to accept it. To entertain happy, wholesome, generous thoughts 
is not all of righteousness as some seem to think, who are hypno- 
tized by unreasoning philosophies and forgetful of logic. The 
thoughts and desires of an individual may be free from carnality 
and every form of selfishness, jealousy, ill-will, envy; his life 
Inay appear to be a model one; but if he devotes his entire at- 
tention to business or to the work in hand, if he denies the 
physical man the attention it requires; if he refuses to allow 
sufficient time for sleep and rest, and does not provide correct 
food, permitting the body to be nourished and rebuilt, it is a 
certainty he is guilty of violating physical, therefore Nature's 
laws and consequently guilty of sin and error, as truly as if he 
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God is a just God, which indicates He balances all things ; 
because only in balance, the perfect equilibrium of all things, 
is there justice; that the Law of Hermes, "As above, so Below," 
logically proves the body is no less important than the soul, nor 
the soul greater than the body; the soul's greatness actually de- 
pending largely on the rejuvenation and regeneration, and the 
purity of the body; nor can a well-developed and enlightened 
soul dwell in an unclean (physically and morally) body. 

Manifestedly it is natural to conclude that a wrong life is 
truly a sinful one; the sinful life in turn the one that results 
in disease, sorrow, suffering, and, ultimately, an ignoble death; 
one never intended by the Creator, but become necessary only as 
man gave up the exalted life and accepted the race belief in the 
impossibility of maintaining life continually, thus charging and 
magnetizing every cell of the body with the thoughts of weak- 
ness, sickness, and death. 

God created man in His own image; that is. He Himself 
is sinless and eternal, knowing not death; and in His likeness 
He moulded man. But with this heritage He gave man free- 
will, a faculty he still possesses. God, being perfect, harbors 
only ideals ; and these He conferred upon the soul of man. Man 
was not satisfied with perfection in its simplicity; consequently, 
he used his power, or gift, of free-will for ignoble purposes; 
and through this misuse gradually fell into the conditions, de- 
sires, and beliefs, which made death a necessity. Having been 
created perfect, man should be sinless, consequently deathless. 

The New Commandment maintains as a fundamental truth 
that man may gradually and naturally find the path leading to 
a sinless, sorrowless, deathless life; but to do this, he must in- 
augurate two important changes. First, he ipust purify his 



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thoughts, desires, and beliefs; entertaining only those which 
harmonize with the doctrine of a life free from illness, sorrow, 
and failure. Second, he must change his life and conduct to 
coincide with the transmutation of thought, desire, and belief. 
He must commence living the natural life, supplying the body 
with food and drink, recreation and rest it requires and which 
God had intended it should have; this will be making Health 
certain. 

It is essential he cease making business the supreme God 
that claims all his thoughts, desires, and time. He must com- 
mence to live for the sake of life itself, not merely because he 
seeks to be successful in business and advance beyond the status 
of his competitors; must cease to sacrifice pleasures, friends, 
family, and, last and greatest, his soul and God for business, 
as the multitudes are doing. It is necessary to give each and 
all of these interests part of his time, as much as the Divine 
and Natural Law demands for his welfare. There are many 
who claim this to be impossible; but proofs are always before 
us that man must, sooner or later, satisfy the Law in this respect ; 
if he refuses to comply willingly, the Great Fiat demands it by 
denuding him of success, business, and possessions, through 
sickness, suffering, or other misfortune, and, finally, an imma- 
ture death. 

Naturally, the question arises, What is man willing to do? 
Is he willing to apportion his time judiciously among the varied 
interests that should have his attention; to meet the normal de- 
mands of his nature for development of body, recreation and 
pleasure ? Is he ready to satisfy the demands of his soul and the 
voice of God speaking through it; to live the natural, normal 
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plane of being? Or does he prefer the strenuous life; having 
neither time nor inclination for physical development, temple- 
building, or natural pleasures; for home, friends, and God; giv- 
ing time only to business and zealous competition ? 

The same law governing man also applies to woman. With 
women generally, it is slavery of another kind; not thraldom 
under business demands, but a serfdom to unnecessary home 
cares, dress, sociely, and hundreds of other concerns which ap- 
pear necessary to womankind, but both unnatural and abnormal. 
The interests to which woman becomes a slave she herself 
admits are not sources of real happiness; she allows them to 
rule her in the same spirit in which man cares for his business; 
because competitors are to be outdistanced. 

Such subjects as these are not usually supposed to have 
any connection with a philosophy dealing with the soul and 
man's relation with God. They are, nevertheless, the founda- 
tion of serfdom or freedom from disease and suffering, sorrow 
and unhappiness; of a long and useful life, soul development, 
and illumination; and, finally, of the attainment of success and 
happiness. Upon enlightenment must the temple structure be 
erected; if the fundamentals are unsound, the whole edifice will 
be insecure and unable to bear the test of time. 

Man is created in the image of the Father; within him is 
the nucleus for perfection of body, soul, and all that is lasting. 
Although this likeness to the Perfect Being is only in embryo, 
it is none the less a veritable possibility of bemg brought into 
manifestation. This being true, why should man be sinful? 
Why guilty of that which is conducive neither to perfection of 
body nor development of mind and soul? Despite the rewara 
offered, it is freely admitted practically all men are living and 



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thinking contrary to the Law of Conscious Evolution as respect- 
ing, body, mind, and soul. 

Universally considered, man is a carnal, sinful being, a 
creature given to wrong thinking and acting, one who generally 
sets aside both Natural and Divine Law; not because he was 
accursed through the acts of our first parents, but by reason of 
a race belief which induces him to think that such an existence 
is easiest and requires least effort. Because of this he undergoes 
punishment; blame cannot be placed on God the Father; his own 
thoughts and acts are responsible for setting into motion forces 
which bring about this just chastisement. When sickness, sor- 
row, and finally death stalk before man, he holds God guilty ; he 
blames Nature; accuses everyone but himself for. his imbecility 
and weakness; when in truth, no one is at fault but himself. Men 
must come to a clear understanding that it is not God who pun- 
ishes, but the thoughts, desires, and acts, rebounding upon our- 
selves through the forces we set in motion. A homely old saying 
known to us all, clearly expresses the Law: "Chickens come 
home to roost." Jesus expressed this in more refined language 
when he said: "As ye sow so shall ye reap," while the ancient 
Philosophers and teachers voiced the same truth in the Law of 
Karma. 

Enough has been taught concerning the Divine and Natural 
law that man can on longer plead ignorance respecting them. 
Though many elevating doctrines have been given false repre- 
sentation and beclouded interpretations, nevertheless, if man 
actually lived according to the light he does possess, his condi- 
tion would be far better than it is. Even obedience to preva- 
lent teachings merely because he thought they concerned the 
soul in its future state would be of real benefit to him in making 
Health possible. 



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We are living in an age wherein man must come to a clear 
comprehension that religion embraces not only all that is of 
welfare to the soul, but that it is the law of God and governing 
every department of his nature. Or, if one disbelieves in God, 
let him understand distinctly that religion is the law of nature, 
dealing primarily with the well-being of the body and with all 
that really concerns life in its first application to man; let him 
k|iow that in proportion as religion such as here inculcated is 
applied to the every day life on the material plane, will it effect 
the soul. 

Religion will shortly come to be understood as the Law of 
Life. Life in this sense referring to existence as it is from the 
moment that the Divine Spark leaves the heavenly sphere, down 
through its birth, onward through existence on this plane, until 
man enters Immortality. It is immaterial where life will con- 
tinue, whether on the present plane or in the Beyond of the 
soul realm. True religion is the Law of life, inclusive of all that 
concerns man on every plane of existence. 

God is not sinful; nor sorrowful, nor yet dying; He is life, 
Light, Love, Wisdom, Happiness, is all of Eternity. Man is 
created in this image of Light, Love, Happiness and Eternal 
Life, and this is firmly impressed upon his heart though cov- 
ered with the rubbish of degrading desires. He is heir to all 
of these; but can enter upon his inlieritance only as he complies 
with the dictates of the Divine Will which has existed since the 
T?ery beginning of time. If he refuses to obey the terms of the 
Infinite in the true spirit rather than according to the letter, 
he cannot benefit by the blessings the Divine Will would confer 
upon him: Thus, God being an eternal reality, free from all 
that is undesirable, man likewise may be greater than such con- 



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ditions if he be willing to live as the normal, natural, divine 
man should. 

As man is at the moment, he may conclude this to mean 
self-denial and the exclusion of all that which seemingly makes 
life worth living; this is an entirely false conclusion; true re- 
ligion does not deny man anything really good and constructive ; 
it permits him every honest, wholesome recreation; desirable so- 
cial intercourse, and encourages interest in honest business or the 
professions. Music, flowers, and the beauties of nature and art 
should be part of his life; refuses him only such pleasures as 
Are certain to visit illness and weakness, sorrow and failure, upon 
him. 

The New Commandment encourages all that is for the well- 
being of man; teaching only that which will ultimately produce 
a perfect being, one having true faith and living accordingly. 
This is the Way to life, making Health certain. 



Cliapter Fourteen 



Healing of the Sick 

All who have learned the divine truth, either through ex- 
perience or special training, receive a two-fold command from 
God. First, they are to teach the truth to the multitudes who 
are ignorant and unenlightened. Second, they are to heed the 
divine command, "Heal the sick." Consequently, those who 
fulfill their entire duty must teach and heal all who come to 
them in faith and with the desire to obey. 

In this department of the Great Work — teaching the truth 
and healing the ailing — practically very little can be accomplish- 
ed unless the teacher-healer command faith in the possibility of 
healing; this is neither unnatural nor unreasonable. History, 
indicates that all the teacher-healers of the past, including Jesus, 
demanded faith on the part of those who sought help ; unless the 
supplicant professed full confidence, he could not be relieved of 
his infirmity. This is not an arbitrary demand on the part of 
those who offer their services; it is merely a necessary condition 
for obtaining relief; and is a state of mind making it possible 
for the sufferer to receive or to appropriate healing influences. 
In this sense only, is faith essential; and the law of healing 
is expressed in the oft-repeated saying of Jesus, "According to 
thy faith be it unto thee." 

In bringing relief to the sick something more is required 
on the part of the healer than the use of some healing power; 
it is necessary for him to teach the Natural and Divine Law, 



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the natural life, to all who come to him. Unless he does this, 
though he might heal some for a time, the disease, not being 
eradicated, but merely held in suspension, would return; be- 
cause that which caused the disease in the first place will bring 
about a recurrence. 

The New Commandment maintains as an absolute fact, 
that an unnatural life, incorrect food and drink, lack of sleep, 
exercise and recreation, and unemployment of mind and body, 
is a sin; a violation of the divine and natural law. He who 
commits error will be afflicted sooner or later with some disease, 
despite all the healers in the world, and any faith, however 
strong, he might possess. Were this untrue, then God's Law 
would favor the few at the expense of the many and would be 
unjust, therefore satanic. God does not merely desire a man to 
have faith in His goodness, but requires him to be in harmony 
with his expressed confidence by ordaining his life in harmony 
with the faith. 

We confess that the sufferer's faith in the healer and the 
power of God manifesting through him, might be great enough 
that the disease afflicting the body for many years would fall 
away as though it had never existed ; but if the life thereafter is 
not in harmony with Nature's law the body cannot long remain 
free from disease and its consequent suffering. 

Illness is in reality a sin, or the result of sin ; this is amply 
indicated in the sayings of Jesus. In some instances he said, 
"Be thou whole (holy)" which is the same as to command, *'Be 
thou free from disease." To others, he said, "Thy sins be 
forgiven thee." Yet again, "Go thy way and sin no more." 
This indicated a concern for the future of the one healed ; clearly 
and undeniably threatening a recurrence of the disease were the 



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person to defy God's law, and sin — commit error. Consequently, 
we inculcate the doctrine that the chief duty of the healer is to 
teach those whom he relieves, the natural laws of life, a normal 
system of living, and the Way to Life. It is actually more im- 
portant for man to understand how to be free from sin, disease, 
and suffering, than to be made whole when ill. 

The mission of the teacher-healer is more extensive than 
this; not only should he minister to the body, helping to free 
it from its burden of pain and suffering, but the heart of the 
weary should be relieved and made joyous. The soul free from 
sin has ,no sorrow; it understands the reason for all that comes 
its way; even the loss of a friend dearly beloved does not bring 
the pain and the anguish that come to those living in sin. Such 
a soul comprehends that death is merely a transition, that "pass- 
ing away" is but temporary and for the greater welfare of the 
one entering the "great experience." 

Why should faith on the part of the sufferer be essential 
if God is all-inclusive? Why is it not possible for the teacher- 
healer to be able to charge and magnetize the body of the af- 
flicted with such intense vibrations as to free it from illness 
despite a lack of faith? 

Let it be clearly understood that the Law ever has been, 
and ever will be : Any substance, whatever its nature, is unable 
to receive unless it has previously been prepared. As an illus- 
tration: In the making of a magnet it is not every material that 
will receive the charge of electricity and retain part of it, through 
this detention becoming a magnet. Only certain substances, after 
careful preparation, will be magnets after being charged. All 
things are under this same natural law. The body of the sick 
is governed thereby; and though charge after charge of healing 



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energy might be transfused through the diseased body, health 
will not be restored to it unless it has been prepared to receive 
and retain the healing influence. Faith, in this instance, is the 
agency that prepares the body to receive and retain the construc- 
tive force. If the afflicted one has not the desire to receive, 
and the confidence requisite, he is as the metal bar unprepared 
for the electric charge. Though the current were to be sent 
through it, in place of being retained, it would pass on, merely 
a flight in the air, having accomplished no good. 

The greater man's faith, the more desirable the results 
achieved. If strong and unwavering in the healing influence, 
then on being received it will so charge and magnetize every cell 
of the body with a living fire that the vibrations of health, being 
higher and more intense than those of disease, will actually burn 
out such condition and influence every atom of the body for 
health. The one in sin, will be made whole (holy). "Thy 
sins be forgiven thee." Such is the promise that makes Health 
certain. 

From the above it will readily be comprehended that the 
Law is, ''According to thy faith, so shall it be unto thee." There 
is no power on earth, nor in heaven; none under the earth or 
in the sea, which can successfully and permanently heal the 
afflicted body and mind if there is not: First, a keen desire 
for health and harmony. Second, a willingness to obey Nature's 
law. Third, Faith in the possibility of the accomplishment. If 
there is such a desire, meekness and faith, then will the sufferer 
receive the forces and energies as they flow trom the fountain 
of life, from the Godhead, the Great Storehouse of Light and 
Life, and be able to retain these vivifying agencies, thus making 
Health possible. 



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The old theory that it is God, or the Lord, or Jesus, who 
performs the miracles is denied emphatically by the Christie 
Interpretation. Assuredly, the forces and energies come from 
God; but He is not the healer in an arbitrary sense any more 
than He is the one who commits the sins and errors causing the 
diseases. Man, thinking destructively, and living the laws of 
death, rather than of life, brings disease and suffering and sor- 
row upon himself. In like manner, through the awakening cf 
his God-given faculties, thinking constructively, and living 
naturally, with a keen faith in the possibility of health and 
power, he may draw to himself and retain the vibrations and 
forces that will quickly overcome weakness and inefficiency, cast 
aside sorrow and debasement, and be restored to health. Admit- 
tedly the healing belongs to God, being good, but it is by no 
means correct to state that He gives it to man ; rather does God 
permit us to receive and use it as we will. Man is not a slave; 
he is free and unlimited in his potencies; not the supplicator, bat 
the partaker with God. 

As many times stated, God made man in His own image; 
He has also created a storehouse of life, force, energy, and pow- 
er; to man He gave the Key to this Treasurehouse; and this he 
may employ to open the door as his needs require. The Key is 
Faith and a desire for greater life. He who has faith and 
is willing to live, will be enabled to draw from this Treasury as 
much as he can rightly use; and the Law is such that, the more 
he uses the greater the supply he may draw therefrom. God 
neither gives, nor does He refuse; man is free to accept all 
he requires to meet with success, and to make Health certain. 

Certain conditions are connected with the acceptance and 

employing of these powers and energies. The first of these, as 



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previously mentioned, is faith. The second, that man shall live 
in accordance with his belief. If he fails to meet these seveial 
requirements, he loses the Key to the Depository of power anji 
energy, and cannot draw therefrom. God forces no man to 
accept, but offers to everyone the privilege. If we ourselves lose 
the key, and the power to draw ourselves when in need, it will 
often be necessary for some one to act as intermediary, as an 
agent between us and the Source of Force and Energy; it is 
then we require the service of the true teacher-healer; and it was 
such service Jesus and others offered mankind, teaching many 
to "teach and to heal." 

Man's sickness and suffering is not a punishment from 
God visited upon disobedient mankind; nor does he send sor- 
row, misery, or misfortune to any one; on the contrary, man 
through his own thoughts and deeds draws upon himself the 
conditions befalling him. The law operates like a two-edged 
sword. Just as he draws upon himself undesirable conditions, 
as disease, suffering, and misfortune through his destructive 
thoughts and mode of living, in like manner may he be blessed 
with all that is desirable, as Life, Light, Love, and Immortality. 
Instead of thinking, desiring, and living the life that ends in 
death, he may choose to think, long for, and so order his life 
that all Eternity is offered him, and ''all things are added unto 
him." Through this conversion of thought, feeling, and action, 
he attracts to himself Life, Light, and Love, in place of disease, 
sorrow and weakness. God gives neither one nor the other; lie 
graciously permits man to choose and accept; he denies man 
nothing, neither the good nor the ill; but grants him the privilege 
to do as he pleases and to accept the reward or the penalty, ac- 
cording to the desire and the act. 



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Truly may it be stated, it is not God who restores the sick 
and the suffering ; but living according to our faith — ^this restores 
to health those sick and suffering. God does not take life as so 
often acclaimed; He does not set the time of death; nor does 
He number the days of man's life. He offers life continuously, 
teaches man how to live through imitation of Nature's methods; 
clearly indicating that to all who fully obey shall endure neither 
sickness or eternal death. On the contrary. He gives man no 
reason whatever to lead him to believe that He, God the Father, 
will overcome death for him; but unmistakably indicates that 
man must overcame death for himself. This he must do through 
faith in the promise, and obedience to the Law, this is making 
Health certain. 

For ages man believed that redemption, salvation, or immor- 
tality, call it by what appellation you wish, did not concern the 
body; that it was immaterial how pain-racked the body might 
be, how diseased, or how awful its suffering, if he had faith in 
salvation, that at death the soul would fly to heaven, he would 
be "redeemed through the blood of Jesus." That age is at an 
end; men now know, even those who do not believe in con- 
stituted religion, that redemption is not of the soul alone, but 
concerns the body equally ; that the body is actually the reflection 
of its spiritual counterpart; know that when inner Illumination 
and enlightenment has been attained, the soul will illumine 
the outer covering, or body. They know that as is the God 
within, so will become the body without; and, in like manner, 
as is the body, so will become the soul. 

We dare not overlook the fact that the body may be perfect 
in outward appearance, may be healthy and strong, yet destitute 
of goodness and spirituality ; for there are animal natures in the 



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form of man wherein is neither kindness nor soulfulness. These 
can scarcely be classed as human beings; they are more like 
unto healthy and well cared for animals, possessing the instincts 
and appetites of these and other exploiters of the innocent, or 
pawns in the hands of the strong; they come and they pass, 
and are no more. 

But, argues the critic, how can this be consistent with the 
teachings that every thought, desire, and act, makes an im- 
pression upon the body and produces corresponding effects? 

Unquestionably every desire, thought, and deed leaves its 
impress of their character upon the body and affect it accord- 
ingly. This is an absolute Law; but there is another equally 
as great, one not generally known or understood. To illustrate: 
a dog may be perfect in every respect, as a dog, yet be possessed 
of a vicious temper, one making him dangerous, and unsafe to 
be free lest he injure those who may come near him ; this dispo- 
sition of the dog does not shorten its life, does not interfere 
with the digestion of its food, nor impair its health. Why not? 
Because it is the nature of the dog, and he lives according to 
his nature. Had the dog a soul, that something within which 
confers to him the right and power of choice, then viciousness 
would act as a poison to his system and result in disease and 
suffering. The dog has no soul, is bom, lives his life, and 
dies as just what he is, a vicious dog. 

Undesirable as it may seem, there are humans bom in the 
nature of such dogs; through some cause, but always of their 
own choice at one time or another, they have destroyed the indi- 
viduality within; and no longer possess that divine monitor, 
called the Divine Spark, which places upon them the respon- 
sibility of their acts. They merely exist according to their na- 



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ture; and within them there is nothing to either receive or to 
reflect their thoughts and deeds, consequently, malicious thoughts, 
destructive desires, and degrading acts do not arouse a poison- 
ous condition to disturb normal bodily functions; thus, they, like 
the animal, are born, live their lives, and die, according to na- 
ture. 

This illustration prepares for a statement and a considera- 
tion of the Law. Man is body, mind, and spirit; and within 
the three there is that which we term the "Divine Spark," or the 
soul. This nucleus, being of God and constituting man different 
from the animal, is the receiver and storehouse of impressions. 
It is also a reflector. All that the divine entity receives it will 
reflect; and this is shown in the body of man, for it is the 
temple of God, as of the soul. In those beings in whom there 
is no such Divine Spark, where there is no reflector, as like 
with animals, even though the nature is renegade, it is not re- 
flected in the personality and the body, except possibly in certain 
cases to make it more nearly perfect; the animal creation always 
tending towards physical perfection. 

This interpretation may seem harsh; but is in perfect har- 
mony with God's teachings as well as with those of all the 
philosophers of the past, and in absolute concord with Nature's 
laws. Nature recognizes no soul in her creation; nevertheless, 
her manifestations are perfect. Man alone, possessing free-will 
and the Spark of Divinity, reflects in his character his desires, 
thoughts, and deeds. The animal, on the contrary, being the 
product of Nature alone, always manifests toward physical per- 
fection because she herself is so, though changeable and never 
individualized in entities that continue permanently. 



Siipernian 

Man was not created to be the victim of fear ; nor to suffer ; 
surely not to die. He was to be free, fearless as his Creator. He 
is to enjoy life, and to know happiness. Made in the image of 
the Father, he is to live forever; and so shall he live when he 
has learned to sever the bonds that bind him; when he has 
thrown aside the limitations resultant on race beliefs which 
have been his mortal enemies, lo, these many centuries. 

The duty of man, now that he is on the earth plane, is to 
transmute all undesirable passions and emotions, no matter 
what they may be, into that which gives greater strength, jxiwer, 
and efficiency. This is true whether it concerns hate, anger, 
malice, ill-will, or destructive habits which have become a part 
of our nature. They must all be changed into health, strength, 
hannony, wisdom, happiness; and finally and ultimately, into 
Conscious Individuality, — immortality of soul. 



Cliapter Eleven 



Why be Sick 

Why should man be sick? Correctly speaking, why should 
he be living a sinful life? 

There is no logical reason inducing man not to live in con- 
formity with higher ideals, thereby reaping the benefit resultant 
of being in harmony with eternal laws. 

Sin and sickness are actually one and the same; one re- 
sulting from the other. Sin is synonymous with incorrect living 
and wrong doing; is the result of ignorance, producing death as 
the final penalty. 

Sin is classed as such because it is the opposite of good; 
not for the reason that God is supposed to have said man 
should not do thus and so; nor because theology outlines it as 
such; or that philosophers have said that to do certain things 
is to commit wrong; but from the indisputable fact it brings pain 
and sorrow, loss and misery, harm and injury, either to the one 
who commits it or to those against whom acted. There is 
no other basis from which to judge what is sin. Why should 
SMisible man be guilty of misdeeds and self-destruction, but for 
the one reason that he labors under the mistaken idea regard- 
ing life and conduct; one that has become a race belief, conse- 
quently a part of his inner nature, — ^he believes that to be active 
along certain lines will be to his advantage, bringing him profit, 
pleasure, and honor. 

There are actually very few pi^ii who are guilty of error or 



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deliberate misdoing because of a love for the wrong. Admittedly 
there are such; human nature being capable of perversion. 
These we term degenerates; reasoning that anyone who loves to 
do that which is contrary to natural and divine law must havre 
fallen below man's true estate. The renegade delights in doing 
that which is contrary to the laws of Nature and of God; takes 
pleasure in indulgences at which nature revolts; but this class 
is in the minority, though steadily increasing in number. The 
vast majority of mankind delight in the right; conmiitting evil 
only through the mistaken idea that what they do is the only 
method whereby they may obtain all desirable possessions. 

The performance of all which the mind and heart recog- 
nize as wrong and 'not in harmony with the Law, even when 
with superficial thought and indifferent purpose, leaves its mark 
upon the body of the actor, results in weakness, sickness, failure 
and ultimately in death. 

Few indeed, who are not aware that a fit of anger is wrong, 
that it is actually of no benefit, and cannot right a wrong; hu- 
manity in general is conversant with experiments having been 
made, proving that it creates a poison destructive both to mind 
and body. Despite this knowledge, how very few make any 
great effort to control it? This constitutes sin; knowing that it 
is wrong, not by reason of the passion itself, but because it cre- 
ates that something which is destructive, and giving it counte- 
nance in one's life. 

By becoming angry, man liberates a poison in his organism; 
this causes a disturbed condition and induces illness; by virtue 
of this creation of something which is destructive to the self, 
anger is constituted a sin and to be avoided. 

All of us have been a4nionished against the evil of 



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selfishness, yet how few have been able to tear it from the heart ? 
One might reasonably question if many have even attempted to 
do so. Conservatively speaking, possibly more than one-fifih 
of all illness has its base in selfishness. As these lines are 
being penned we have domiciled at the Hall a patient suffering 
from a severe case of Arthritis; developed to a degree resulting 
in deformation of various joints, the patient having suffered for 
more than ten years and consulted the world's most famous speci- 
alists. Careful examination and watchfulness of thoughts, de- 
sires, and actions, clearly indicate, nay, actually proves, the basic 
cause to be a poison constantly created by inner selfishness so 
deeply rooted that there is no thought but of the self and even 
appetite and pleasure is considered rather than a willingness to 
refrain from a few things which would help to bring about re- 
lief. 

Indisputably all the great passions, as, hate, malice, re- 
sentment, and jealousy are destructive and self-poisoning in their 
character; therefore, must be classed as sinful. It is the same 
with the minor emotions; those springing from the greater, and 
often these are so thoroughly covered as to be unrecognizable; 
nevertheless, just as destructive in their ultimate results. 

What is to be the remedy for the eradication of these sins, 
these destructive forces? The answer is plain and easily under- 
stood: Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness. 

These are the divine attributes, the cardinal virtues; with 
them we may ultimately destroy all gross and destroying evils. 
As man truly develops, he will transmute the degenerating 
forces into creative energies; making of them constructive po- 
tentialities, thereby assuring health and success. 

But, argues the self, why should I love those who attempt 



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to destroy my happiness; who sin against me; whose aim is to 
ruin me, and defame me ? 

Why should you "hate them that spitefully use you?" Do 
you imagine that this will change them; that it will induce them 
to cease their machinations ? Can you imagine your hatred will 
do them any harm, or be beneficial to yourself ? Disabuse your 
mind of such an idea. Seldom will your hatred reach them or 
serve as a punishment; while it may stimulate, intensify and 
exaggerate their undesiraJble actions toward yourself, "like at- 
tracting like." 

Contrariwise, if you will change your hatred into forgive- 
ness, the beneficial results to yourself will be quickly noticed, 
enabling you to overcome every obstacle that may be placed in 
your path; and your love and good- will toward your enemies 
will act as an attracting power, drawing whatever good is in 
them. Moreover, your own resentment changed into love acts 
as a vivifying agency within yourself; and, instead of inducing 
illness and mental depression, with its sorrows, will give yju 
health, love, and life. Whereas hatred and resentment arouse 
poisonous conditions resulting in disease and illness, forgiveness 
and compassion are health-inspiring tonics that promote poise, 
peace, and tranquility of body and mind. Admittedly, it may 
require a mighty effort to offer love and compassion in exchange 
for grudges, losses, and malice; but the reward is proportionate 
to the effort, the gain is worth the price, though it should not be 
understood the New Commandment advocates the wronged to 
seek for those who sin against them and offer their solicitations 
like abject slaves; forgiveness is in the heart and need not be 
outwardly displayed. 

By transmuting the destructive emotions into life-giving, 



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constructive forces, they return to us for good manifold. When 
men comprehend this truth they will honor the Law of Transmu- 
tation, enabling them to transmute all the dross of error and 
sin into the pure gold of love, forgiveness, and kindly-feeling; 
and as men come to realize that degrading passions can accom- 
plish good to none; that by indulging one can not change the 
plans or the feelings of others, they will arouse every effort to 
free themselves from this type of sin; this will be making Health 
certain. 

Respecting the statement that sin is the cause of sickness, 
whether committed by us or others, it is freely admitted that 
indulgence may be innocent in so far as the desire to do wrong 
is concerned. Nevertheless, all wrong, and every act that is not 
in harmony with natural or divine law, constitutes sin and it- 
self sets into motion forces which return the legitimate penalty 
according to its nature. "Ignorance of the law excuses none," 
and it behooves each one to understand the Law. The sooner 
we learn all the requirements of a natural, normal life, the 
shorter will be the time for us to remain in bondage to the 
undesirable in life; and chief among the rewards will be free- 
dom from sickness, sorrow, and failure. 

The first object of life should be seeking an avenue to es- 
cape from ignorance and error; an understanding of the Law; 
becoming accurate in discrimination for the sake of choosing 
all that is constructive, upbuilding, and life-giving, and reject- 
ing the things that are destructive to life and all dear to it. 
Having learned this, it remains for us to live according to the 
constructive principles whereby we may be continually improv- 
ing the temple of life; increasing the resisting, energizing forces 
within us. This pertains not only to the body, but likewise to 



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the soul. Life of the body alone is animal life; life of body and 
soul is divine; and none can be truly human or god-like unless 
he honors body and soul alike, regarding one equal in import- 
ance with the other. 

Jesus called this the "holy (whole) life." Living thus, 
honoring divine and natural law in the daily routine, ultimatejy 
attaining Illumination of Soul; this is termed "receiving the 
Holy Ghost.' When we cleanse the body and free it from 
sin and sickness; and the soul from its grave of earth; then 
will we reach Realization, and attain the greater life, entering 
here and now, into the kingdom of heaven. 

The New Commandment inculcates the doctrine that the 
beginning of this holy life must be in faith. Unless the one 
desiring the benefits is willing to so live as to earn them, and 
in full confidence that he will receive them, there can be no 
results. It emphasizes the fact that, when man once awakens 
to these great truths, comprehending it to be to his benefit to ar- 
range his life in harmony with the law, then his faith, if suf- 
ficiently strong, will induce him to follow the dictates of the 
exalted mind here indicated. Having made a beginning, he will 
eventually become firmly established in faith and life, and the 
results will quickly become manifest. 

Thereafter he will no longer need to live by faith alone; 
but through knowledge of power. It is knowledge undeniably 
because he realizes results which can come only through obe<li- 
ence. Gradually, the holy (whole) life becomes his natural, 
normal mode of existence, bringing him into consciousness of the 
Godhead and of his own Individuality. 

Likewise with the sick and afQicted. In the beginning it 
is faith, with some degree of self-effort. He must commence 



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to educate and train his thoughts, and desires, and to conform 
his conduct in harmony with the natural and divine law; then 
the new life, through the creation of energies and powers here- 
tofore unknown, will free him from disease and suffering; will 
lead him toward Realization; the life without sin, conscious 
and eternal. 

We are not to think of God as the One who possesses power 
to liberate us from sickness and failure; rather, as the One who 
has made us in His own image; endowing man with power to 
gain his freedom from sin; and to sever the bonds which bind 
us to error and ignorance. God is all power — this we admit ; but 
He does not use it to help us; He delegates to us the right and 
privilege of employing it to manifest the Godhood within our- 
selves, thus making Health certain. 

"As above, so below," is the Law, and we should reason 
by comparison. It is as if our earthly parents, having abund- 
ant possession, should give us carte blanche to draw upon their 
resources. We have a perfect right to draw upon God's great 
storehouse to the full extent of our requirements; but, according 
to the conditions specified by Him, He will not bring us money, 
or give it to us, nor help us to obtain it, even though we may 
be in great need, or in distress. His provision is: "My son, 
there is plenty for you; the fund is amply sufficient; it is your 
privilege to draw upon it as freely and as often as you may 
desire; if you have no faith in my word, if you lack the energy 
to accept the gifts I offer, then you can receive no help through 
Me." 

The power of God is sufficient to free all mankind from 
disease and sorrow, misery and failure; but He does not force 
His healing power, His saving grace, upon any man. He gives 



170 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

man the privilege of drawing to himself all he requires, the 
stipulation being attached; man must meet the conditions in 
respect to thought and conduct; he must have sufficient faith to 
enable him to commence drawing on the account of the Infinite. 
As faith increases, so will his power take hold of the resources 
of Infinite Goodness. 

These truths the New Commandment inculcates; making it 
its special object to teach the true doctrine of life to those who 
are sick and suffering, or in sin and sorrow. Not only do we 
teach, but we are ready to offer help whenever required. Those 
who are ready to receive will be given the sublime instructions; 
we point the way to freedom of body and of soul. Mankind is 
to be taught what to believe and how to live the Holy (whole) 
life; resulting in Conscious Individuality, making Health cer- 
tain. 



Ckapter Sixteen 



God and Nature — the Physicians 

Man is of two constituent parts, one as important as the 
<3ther. His body, the material form, corresponds to the earth, 
^nd is under the control of Nature. His Soul, the divine being 
corresponds to God, and should be under His guidance. When 
the two (the twain) are in equilibrium, then is man a perfect 
being. 

In stating that the body is ruled over by Nature, and the 
Soul by God, it is to be understood reference is made to the 
true man, uncontrolled, guided, or ruled over, by carnal de- 
sires. 

Contrary to many metaphysical schools, the New Command- 
ment maintains that the flesh is as real and important as the 
soul or the spirit of man; in fact, we assert that the material 
is but another expression of spirit, a lower grade of the univer- 
sal substance, but necessary as a medium through which the soul 
may express itself; furthermore, that nature is not the enemy 
of man, but is his guide, "the great physician" to his body, just 
as God is the Healer to his soul. 

The condition termed disease may be of the body or of the 
mind, or it may be of both body and mind. The true physi- 
cian, the enlightened teacher, gives careful consideration to both 
body and soul; he understands that man is ruled either by one 
or the other, and prescribes his remedies accordingly. 

It is not always true that mother Nature, even if given the 



172 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

opportunity, will be able to heal the sick; for she may be unable 
to reach the soul of man, though she will always do her best 
to heal the body. If the soul of man is ill from erroneous and 
perverted beliefs, thoughts, and desires. Nature alone will be 
unable to perfect a cure; then the relief for the afflicted soul 
is effected by God through the instrumentality of man who 
teaches a wise philosophy, a Wisdom Religion that will bring 
relief to the troubled Soul. 

Fundamentally among the principles of the Christie Inter- 
pretation as advocated by the New Commandment, is the doc- 
trine that the material, the physical, the flesh, is real, co-equal 
with the spirit and the soul of man. The spirit and the soul, "an, 
to a great extent, minister to the material; but, in the main, 
Nature is the physician. Nature, as a healer, includes all that 
concerns physical needs; as food, clothing, exercise, work, rest, 
relaxation, recreation, bathing, breathing, and other normal and 
natural agencies essential to life. Although the body is sub- 
stantial and by no means to be underestimated in its importance 
yet the true man, the divine element, is the soul; that which 
manifests through the flesh. The flesh, under present physical 
environments, is the only avenue through which the Immortal 
part of man can attain its Divine heritage of Conscious unity 
with God, making Health certain. 

There are many ailments of the mind which can be relieved 
only through the forces of the heart and soul; while there are 
many diseases of the body induced through a diseased mind and 
soul. All of these, with the help of Nature, can be eliminated 
through the effort of the enlightened understanding. 

We deny absolutely that the material part of man's being 
is unreal and without existence, and teach conclusively that it 



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is as truly real in its sphere of action as the spirit and the soul, 
and essential to these. More than this, it is only through the 
physical form of man that it becomes possible for God Him- 
self to manifest; therefore, man honors the Creator, not by de- 
nouncing the flesh, but by exalting it; not by denying existence 
of the body, but by raising it to a state of perfection. To glorify 
God, man must first honor the body, then awaken and illumine 
the soul. He must make them co-equal through development. In 
other words, the highest evolvement is reached when man es- 
tablishes an equilibrium between body and soul the Spirit of 
God being the central or pivotal point between the two — ''and 
twain have become as one." 

The general principles of this philosophy has received at- 
tention heretofore; but in consideration of the topic, "God and 
Nature the physicians," it is fitting to employ a detailed illus- 
tration of the methods employed in bringing relief to a sufferer. 
For example, let us consider a typical case of the White 
Plague — Tuberculosis — considered the greatest of all scourges 
of the present time, but admitted by the world's greatest physi- 
cians as due to Mal-nutrition, caused by indulgence in food and 
drink which congests, so destroying the equilibrium of digestion, 
assimilation, and elimination. 

Consumption is a disease of the body that forms waste, or 
pus matter, at the expense of healthy tissue; ever feeding upon 
the healthy tissues to manufacture pus. This formation of pus 
is accomplished through congestion ; herein is both the cause and 
the basis of relief. 

Congestion is always the result of a retardation in the nor- 
mal process of elimination. The principle of a congested state 
finds natural illustration in the sewerage system. As long as 



174 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

the sewer is kept open the waste flows freely; but the moment 
there is interference with the continual flow through the pas- 
sage, the waste accumulates, congestion results. In the human 
economy, congestion at any part becomes heated through fermen- 
tation; this creates morbid matter which becomes a poison. 

Universally man consumes too much food — that is, he in- 
gests a greater amount of food than is required by the system, or 
that can be successfully eliminated. Thus the body becomes 
overloaded and all the functions of his organism overtaxed in 
their effort to throw off the surplus and its effects. 

Moreover, few men maintain their organism in such con- 
dition as to have the energy to eliminate surplus food material. 
The result is the same as in the clogged sewer, the unnecessary 
material is retained in the system; it congests at some point, 
producing an unnatural heat; the congestion becomes morbid 
material, and is turned into pus; ever seriously affecting the 
surrounding tissues. 

Various diseases result from this condition. The cause is 
the same; but, being in different parts of the body, the appela- 
tion is according to the location or condition. According to sta- 
tistics, the most common ailment is Tuberculosis; the reason 
being found in the fact that surplus food material most natur- 
ally settles in the lungs. Why ? Because the blood carrying the 
food particles passes through the lungs, where, according to 
Nature's Laws, it is to be "burned" and charged with new 
life, and health-inspiring properties, by the air we breathe. 
But man, unlike all other animals, does not, as a rule, breathe 
properly. Being an artificial breather, and not inhaling a suffi- 
cient amount of the vivifying and purifying air, he neither 
sufficiently "bums" up the food carried by the blood so as to 



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be properly prepared for body and tissue building, nor throw 
out the waste material; consequently, it settles in the lungs and 
bronchial tubes, and tuberculosis is the natural result. 

In the first place, tuberculosis is a disease of the body; 
brought on either through ignorance of Nature's Laws or de- 
liberate violation of them. Being a physical derangement prim- 
arily, it is but natural to draw the inference that Nature alone 
can affect a cure; that the mind and soul are of little conse- 
quence in the treatment of the difficulty. 

Such a conclusion, however, is erroneous in the extreme, 
because consumption is distinctly a negative disease, accom- 
panied by an inert mental attitude. Notwithstanding the fact 
that the average consumptive believes he will eventually be re- 
stored to health and strength, he is disinclined to make the least 
effort to regain his vital forces. The average victim is particu- 
larly affected by a positive unwillingness, even an aversion, to 
any activity whatsoever that might be conducive to improvement 
in health. Exercise, so absolutely necessary to stimulate ex- 
pansive power in the lungs, is decidedly distasteful. In some in- 
stances, air , light, and sunshine — ^Nature's prime restoring 
agencies — seem to irritate and annoy. Lethargy, indifference, 
and sluggishness are prominent traits, and stamp the disease as 
negative in its symptoms. Consequently, in the treatment of 
this disease, Nature must be supplemented by the mental stimu- 
lus. 

It is important to arouse and stimulate the patient's mind 
and soul. He must be convinced that the mental attitude is 
an indispensable factor in his cure; must be brought to a keen 
realization that he is created in the image of God, the Father, 
and can honor and glorify his Maker only by perfecting in him- 



176 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 



self the Divine Image. He must be thoroughly aroused to the 
fact that by allowing the image of his Creator to become disease- 
racked, weakened and miserable, he is dishonoring God, and, 
in so doing, he is committing as truly a sin as if he were to de- 
liberately violate the most serious moral or legal code. Tlie 
patient's moral and spiritual sense of respK)nsibility must be thor- 
oughly awakened. He must see and understand that illness is an 
actual sin, or the result of it; that to disobey a law of health is 
as grievous as any other form of unrighteousness. As he is 
responsible for having disregarded the health code, so now it is 
his duty to restore the equilibrium, and to live in harmony with 
Nature's laws. 

It is essential for every sufferer to understand that viola- 
tion of Nature's laws in respect to health is a form of unrighte- 
ousness; though it may be wise to impress on his mind the posi- 
tive statements of the principle, and to emphasize the desirability 
of righteousness rather than the undesirability of error, sin, 
and weakness. Let him understand that a faithful observance 
of the laws pertaining to health, strength, and efficiency, is as 
truly a form of spiritual life as is obedience to the moral deca- 
logue. Especially is it desirable if the sufferer is religiously 
inclined that he be led to see that righteousness includes observ- 
ance of hygienic laws, including such homely items as correct 
habits in regard to diet, sleep, exercise, work, recreation, bath- 
ing, and greatest of all, breathing. 

In awakening the sufferer's mind to a comprehension of 
his responsibility, emphasis must be placed on the thought of 
his privilege, and the desirability and possibility of having 
health, strength, and vigor. Caution must be exercised to pre- 
vent him from settling into a state of mental reflections on the 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 177 

errors of his ways. Cause of illness should be forgotten in the 
effort of rectifying the error; and the only reason for a pa- 
tient's knowledge of the first cause of his illness is to enable 
him to avoid like errors in the future and to remove the cause. 
He should understand that reversing conditions and removing 
cause are the only rational means of restoring health, strength, 
and efficiency. Ambition must be quickened; faith in the possi- 
bility of , health and strength, intensified; interest in a worthy 
work or cause, the consciousness of being dear to family, neigh- 
bors, and friends; the desire to accomplish a cherished purpose, 
activities which absorb his attention and interest, and which turn 
his thoughts from petty symptoms, are all items enabling the 
mind to cooperate with Nature's healing and restorative agen- 
cies and make Health certain. 

The principles and arguments of the New Commandment 
can be employed to good advantage in stimulating mind and 
soul of the patient to normal activity. He must be convinced that 
it is not the divine purpose of the Infinite for him to die, but 
that it is according to the Great Plan for him to live a useful 
and active life, thereby glorifying his Maker. 

At the same time the mind and soul of the sufferer are 
aroused to activity the physician must give careful consideration 
to the upbuilding of the physical being; and first in import- 
ance is the elimination of congestions from his organism; the 
decayed food material stored up in his lungs and supplying the 
fuel for the continuation of the disease. This is accomplished 
by two methods, both of which are to be followed at the same 
time. The first is through the medium of daily baths, both ex- 
ternal and internal; the second through reducing the allowance 



178 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

of food, giving special attention to the class and quality, and 
proper combinations. 

It is not our desire to outline a dietary regime in this 
Chapter, as the Humanitarian Society offering detailed instruc- 
tions to all its members is in a separate text book,* but merely 
to hint at the importance of the dietary in all cases of illness, 
no matter what the nature, and especially in Tuberculosis. 

A thought in regard to meats. We do not endorse a meat 
diet; nevertheless, we are not so radical or unreasonable as to 
expect men, especially the afflicted, to give up meat at once; 
nor do we consider it wisdom for a person to attempt any sudden, 
abrupt change in habits of long standing. It is to be noted that 
Nature's changes are generally slow and gradual; man should 
learn from her and from his Creator. Taking men as a class, 
and comprehending that the vast majority are meat eaters, we 
advocate a gradual change toward the non-meat diet. In the 
process of this change from one system of life to another, espe- 
cially in the case of one who is ill, those meats most harmful 
should be forbidden, while others containing less destructive 
poisons and acids be substituted, until in time the highly nutri- 
tious and easily digested protein foods be entirely substituted 
for meats. 

In effecting the change from weakness and disease to health 
and strength, it is important the patient be actually anhungered 
at meal time; then eat only sufficiently to satisfy. This aids 
digestion and assimilation, reducing the possibility of conges- 
tions. Between meals fruits should be served; apples, pine- 
apples, grape fruits, and other desirable fruits rich in fruit 
juices and organic mineral elements. Water should be con- 



*See the book "Diet, The Way to Health," 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 179 

sumed freely and at all times except with meals, though there 
are rare exceptions to this rule. Fruit juices, in place of water, 
are often highly beneficial and desirable; they not only reduce 
a feverish state but supply the valuable building elements to a 
debilitated system. 

All who are physically impaired, whether from tuberculosis, 
nerve exhaustion, or any other chronic ailment, will find it an 
excellent plan to eat stewed apples before retiring; these con- 
tain every salt required by the system to maintain health. Apples 
should not be peeled, but the core may be removed and one or 
more tablespoonfuls of honey poured in its place, then baked 
until soft and syrup like; eat while still warm, and without the 
addition of sugar, milk or cream. 

Regulation of diet is only one, though highly important, 
means by which nature can effect relief, and it is imperative 
the patient shall be active and zealous in promoting such con- 
ditions as will enable Nature to perfect her work of healing. 
If the sufferer is careless and indifferent in regard to hygienic 
requirements, if he obeys instructions with irregularity, indulg- 
ing his own whims at will, and refuses to actively aid the phy- 
sician-teacher, he must expect no more than unsatisfactory prog- 
ress. Because of this, a disease of negative type demands 
firm cooperation of the patient with every natural effort put 
forth in his behalf. Heart, mind, spirit, and soul, must co- 
operate with Nature and God. It is easy to say that God and 
Nature are the only true healers; and as an unqualified state- 
ment, it may seem to be a desirable philosophy; yet faith, cour- 
age, firmness, patience, and perseverance are required on man's 
part, enabling him to create such conditions that God and Na- 



180 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

ture can perfect their work. Patient as well as physician must 
work harmoniously, making Health certain. 

Equally important with the question of diet is that of 
breathing; and the patient must be thoroughly aroused to ihe 
necessity of continued, conscious, full, deep breathing; and it 
is well for him to follow exercises which require him to breatlie 
in harmony with Sacred Mantrams or Silent Prayer; thus insur- 
ing rythmical as well as deep breathing. Particularly those 
whose lungs are affected should cultivate habits of correct breath- 
ing thereby eliminating poisons from the system; otherwise a 
state of congestion continues. 

Habits in respect to sleeping are also to be corrected; the 
one suffering to obtain no less than eight hours of sleep in a 
room well ventilated. The windows should be open night as 
well as day, in Winter as well as in Summer. 

The natural treatment of disease gives attention to exer- 
cise as an essential to health and vigor. Outdoor exercise is 
best; walking is highly recommended; horseback riding is par- 
ticularly good. Though often it is only by sheer force a patient 
can be induced to take any kind of wholesome exercise requir- 
ing effort, the teacher should persist until obedience is granted; 
for this reason a philosophy that arouses and stimulates a fond- 
ness for activity is of incalculable benefit. The real self, the 
true being, the Immortal part of the nature, must be quickened 
to consciousness and activity; this will stimulate an inclination 
to make effort; will gradually arouse fondness for wholesome 
exertion; make industry and employment attractive, and coun- 
teract the tendency to lethargy and sluggishness which is a no- 
ticeable trait in those who suffer, especially in victims of Tuber- 
culosis. 



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If the patient is faithful to instructions in natural methods 
of overcoming disease by means of food, drink, sleep, work, 
exercise, rest, recreation, etc.; if he seeks friendship with light, 
air, and sunshine; cultivating wholesome habits of thought, 
eliminating from his mind every type of bitterness and envy; 
there is no reason why God and Nature should not quickly ef- 
fect a perfect change in the sufferer; and it is not too much 
to claim that every case of Tuberculosis, if treated according to 
these principles, might be cured unless the disease has ravaged 
the system to a degree where there is no chance of freeing it 
from congestion and self-poisoning. 

Relief of the afflicted according to the natural means here 
outlined may appear crude to the radical seeker after a nega- 
tive mysticism or transcendent metaphysics, who foolishly be- 
lieves the mind to be all-suf&cient, and faith alone necessary for 
the relief of the afflicted. But the rational, well-balanced mind 
will recognize that natural means combined with reasonable 
faith in God and Nature and fortified by a sound, constructive 
Philosophy, is the only true method. Such a system gives due 
credit to the power of mind and soul; recognizes both God and 
Nature, both Divine and natural agencies, as well as spirit 
and matter. It is based on the philosophy that God and Nature 
are the true regenerators; and points the way by which man 
may cooperate with them; thus making Health certain. 



Tlie Storekouse 

"As above, so below," is the Law, and we should reason 
by comparison. It is as if our earthly parents, having abund- 
ant possession, should give us carte blanche to draw upon their 
resources. We have a perfect right to draw upon God's great 
storehouse to the full extent of our requirements; but, according 
to the conditions specified by Him, He will not bring us money, 
or give it to us, nor help us to obtain it, even though we may 
be in great need, or in distress. His provision is: "My son, 
there is plenty for you; the fund is amply sufficient; it is your 
privilege to draw upon it as freely and as often as you may 
desire; if you have no faith in my word, if you lack the energy 
io accept the gifts I offer, then you can receive no help through 
Me." 



Cliapter Seventeen 



God and Nature the Physicians 
(Continued) 

As previously indicated, Nature includes air, food, drink, 
exercise and recreation, baths for cleanliness and rejuvenation 
of body; sunshine, and all other agencies which assist in sus- 
taining the life of the body, and help maintain the health, 
strength, and vitality of the physical man. 

Incredible as it may appear to the thinker, there are many, 
calling themselves mystics and metaphysicians who, though de- 
nying that the physical or material man has real existence, admit 
that food, air, and drink, are essential to the body (which they 
claim is a delusion) ; yet fail to recognize that the quality of 
food and drink consumed has anything to do with the welfare of 
the reservoir that receives it. That it is possible for such a 
belief to find lodging in the minds of men, even of the intel- 
lectual classes, is only to be explained on the basis that the race 
mind has accepted an inconsistent religion or none at all, the 
average person being unwilling to think, investigate, or analyze 
for himself anything that pertains to religious matters, laboring 
under the delusion that he should delegate the subject to priests 
or ministers just as he depends on the physician for help when 
ill, rather than educate himself to remain well. 

But the time is when man will no longer bow the submis- 
sive knee to a philosophy or religion merely because a teacher 
of prominence promulgates it, demanding one that will bear the 
test of reason considering them as co-workers, co-creators, life- 



184 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

givers on an equality one with the other. The New Command- 
ment maintains that Nature is the spouse, the hand-maid of 
God, equally important with Him, because all laws work in 
Unity, yet only through quality. On the human plane, body 
and soul holds a similar relationship with one another. In re- 
spect to the body. Nature must be consulted and obeyed; while 
God is the physician to the Soul, often, through the medium of 
the mind, also to the body. Nature's laws, however, in the heal- 
ing of mind and body, must be honored and obeyed. In the 
Christie Interpretation, the New Commandment recognizes there 
is in reality but one disease; but, like all else in nature, vari- 
ous in its manifestations. This one fundamental ill, this one 
affliction, may be either of mind or of body; may be caused 
by wrong thoughts and desires or through incorrect habits of 
life; ignorance of Nature's laws or a wilful violation of them. 
In many cases, it may be due to a complication of physical 
and mental errors. 

The multitudes are living in total ignorance of the princi- 
ples that underlie true foods and a correct combination of them; 
and countless, otherwise ignorant, farmers are better informed 
in respect to the treatment of animals and their proper nourish- 
ment than they are in regard to the care of themselves or of 
their families. Many men are making a careful study of the 
conditions that help to develop livestock to the highest point of 
beauty and utility; whereas, respecting mankind, they are con- 
tent to live in accordance with the custom and habits of their 
ancestors, regardless of the wisdom or advisability of so doing. 

The blood coursing through the veins of man is his life; 
but the life-fluid can be healthful and vitalizing only as it is 
made thus through partaking of the right class of food. It is 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 185 

impossible to have pure blood unless proper nourishment is 
supplied. Purity of thought and desire, no matter how holy and 
lofty they may be, in themselves cannot insure purity of blood; 
this the New Commandment teaches as a fundamental law; 
and mental and physical conditions must supplement each other; 
mind alone is not all powerful; thought alone cannot effect per- 
fect physical states; therefore, we maintain that food, pure in 
quality and harmonious in combination, is essential not alone 
to health, but is absolutely necessary if there is to be spiritual 
elevation and moral strength. 

Moreover, in its instructions regarding the correct habits 
of life, the New Commandment teaches there is a proper, as 
well as an improper, time for eating. In general, the correct time 
is indicated by Nature's call — actual hunger. To eat when one 
is not anhungered is nothing less than storing disease in one's 
system. Nature has so constituted man and his organism that 
there will be no release of the digestive fluids in the stomach 
and intestines unless he is actually hungry. Consequently, with- 
out this demand for food the system is not in condition to make 
digestion and assimilation possible. 

Food taken into the stomach when it is not ready to re- 
ceive it, greatly delays digestion; fermentation frequently com- 
mences and the contents of the stomach may even reach a stage 
of putrefaction. When, finally, the food is changed into fluid 
and assimilated, instead of being normal and full of life-giving 
power, it is actually poisonous to the system ; and only the resist- 
ing power of the body prevents man from quickly succumbing to 
these toxins. It may be years before the body is finally destroy- 
ed through their effects; or there may be much suffering from 
various so-called diseases. It is now universally recognized that 



186 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

many cases of insanity, as well as much crime, is directly due 
to Toxo- absorption (usually termed auto-intoxication) ; this is 
in reality a poisoning of the system through indiscreet habits of 
eating, non-digestion of food, and imperfect elimination. Prim- 
arily this was due to an excess of food, improper combinations, 
inferior quality, or to such as are not adapted to the consumer's 
requirements. Under these conditions the material is neither 
fully digested nor assimilated, nor is there full elimination; this 
results in the manufacture of toxins, which, entering the blood 
stream, induce acidosis, or poisoning. 

Correct habits in respect to diet, though extremely import- 
ant in both physical, mental, and moral health, is only one of 
Nature's means of maintaining health and strength; another is 
the art of breathing. None can be healthy and strong who do 
not breathe freely and deeply of pure, fresh air. It is unques- 
tionably true that men have been able to live many years who 
did not breath properly; and even such as lived mostly indoors 
attained old age; but it is impossible to determine how much 
longer they might have lived had they been subject to normal 
conditions. If man were to breathe deeply and properly of 
fresh air at all times, it would be possible for him to partake 
of inferior food, even such as are now a poison to him; because 
h^hen the food essences passed through the lungs, the deep breath 
ing of pure air would extract the poisonous material from them 
and throw them out of the system. Nevertheless, even though 
this be possible, it is by no means advisable to tax the lungs 
with unnecessary work. It is, however, a fact well worth know- 
ing ; for most of us are at times so situated that we cannot avail 
ourselves of correct food. Under temporary conditions of this 
nature, we need not fear harmful results if we consciously co- 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 187 

operate with the lungs in freeing the system of deleterious sub- 
stances. However, since man is ordinarily an artificial breather, 
elimination of poisons is not accomplished to any great extent by 
the lungs; poisonous substances, therefore, must be eliminated in 
some other manner, as, through the pores of the skin, the kid- 
neys, or the bowels ; otherwise they remain in the system, disturb- 
ing mind and body, inducing physical and spiritual disability. 

As pure food and air are essential to all men in the flesh 
whether they are the highest mystics or the humblest artisans, 
so, also, is sunshine. It is through the rays of the sun that 
man receives vitality, a magnetic force that makes for life and 
power just as the suns rays shining on the earth enables it to 
produce abundantly the plants and the herbs required by all 
living creatures. Were it not for the rays of the sun striking 
the earth and having magnetic intercourse vnth it, charging it 
with life-power, there would either be no vegetation or it would 
be a poisonous fungus. It is a noteworthy fact that deadly 
weeds grow under trees and brushes and in dense forests where 
the rays of the sun do not penetrate. That sunshine is essential 
to physical welfare is recognized by practically every Sanitar- 
ium; sun parlors affording the patient opportunity for basking 
in the suns rays and becoming charged with new life and vigor. 

Sleep is another of Nature's means of promoting health 
and vigor. For centuries it has been accepted as a truth that the 
strength of man is derived from the food he consumed; this is 
no longer regarded as a fact. Men have overlooked the import- 
ance of sleep in its relation to strength and vitality. Food, 
like fire in the engine, produces heat and motive power; but 
the energy is secured from the water in the engine which be- 
comes heated through the consuming of fuel, and generates steam. 



188 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

Likewise, the food consumed, by creating the necessary heat, is 
merely the means of furnishing the power. During sleep, when 
assimilation is taking place, and pure air is inbreathed, the body 
receives the strength and the energy that gives life and vigor; 
a sufficient number of hours of sleep is essential to health, 
strength, and vitality, irrespective of man's station in life, 
whether living a purely animal existence, or the most exalted 
spiritual life. 

Nevertheless, even perfect relaxation and wholesome sleep 
are dependent upon other conditions, particularly dietary discre- 
tion and an abundance of pure fresh air. There can be no health 
— inducing sleep if digestion is abnormal. When there is as- 
similation of toxins instead of life-giving, energizing substances, 
sleep is disturbed. If there is a lack of fresh air in the sleeping 
chamber, natural combustion is interfered with; as in the stove 
having no draft the fire is liable to die out. There should always 
be an abundant circulation of fresh air in the human organism 
(lungs) insuring the fires that aid in changing the food into a 
vital force, thus making Health certain. 

Dietary indiscretion is not the only cause of illness, nor is 
the correction of the dietary the only means of regaining health 
and efficiency. Wisdom in the selection and preparation of food, 
an abundant supply of fresh air, wholesome exercise and activity, 
frequent access to the genial rays of the sun, plenty of pure li- 
quids, elevating occupation, — all are essential to physical and 
mental health and efficient work; neither one or the other alone 
is sufficient; but. a rational, harmonious combination of them 
all, will work wonders in establishing health, power, and 
strength. Combining these measures with wholesome, construc- 
tive, optimistic thought-habits and a masterful will we have a 



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rational system of life. All these should be observed by the 
natural man; nor is it at all difficult so to do, though it may 
seem otherwise to those who have merely existed, lo, these many 
years. 

It is hardly possible to lay too much stress on the import- 
ance of dietary observation. Practically the whole life depends 
on the food one consumes. More ills of life are due to this 
one item than mankind has thought possible. An excess of stim- 
ulating food creates a desire for alcoholic drink; or, it may 
arouse to an abnormal degree the carnal nature, and intensify 
tendencies toward crime and lust. In either case, the evil is en- 
tirely dependent for its existence on the heat generated in the 
body by the improper food. The heat thus generated is not nor- 
mal; it is an irritation; it is an incentive toward unnatural acts, 
and to it we may trace the twin evils, — drunkenness and traffic 
in white slavery. As long as men continue to inflame stomach, 
blood, and brain with irritating food, just that long will crime 
exist, nor will it be overcome until man learns to live a rational 
life. 

When men and women eat according to reason and dietary 
law, and observe other natural decrees, there will no longer be 
generated abnormal heat, nor irritation of the nerves to be com- 
municated to the brain. The demands of the body, however, 
will not be destroyed, weakened or impaired; rather, as a re- 
sult of discretion, they will become natural and trustworthy and 
require merely normal, reasonable satisfaction. 

The New Commandment does not deal merely with results ; 
but aims, instead, to correct the trouble at its root. Social evils, 
like cancer, may be apparently removed while in reality the 
cause of the difficulty remains in the social organism. So long 



190 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

as there is one root remaining in the social body, it is certain 
again to grow; and, as with cancer, every new growth will be 
more virulent than the former. 

The New Commandment maintains that neither the evils of 
alcohol nor those of prostitution can be removed through legisla- 
tive enactments; nor can desire be controlled by legal decrees or 
legislative power in the hands of associated physicians, no mat- 
ter how extensive their learning. Such evils, in fact, all that is 
degrading, can be removed only by fortifying mankind with 
knowledge and remomng the cause; this is two-fold — primary 
and secondary; and reveals itself in the mode of a man's life, 
in his manner of eating, sleeping, breathing, exercising, and labor. 
Moreover, all these determine, to an unthought extent, the char- 
acter of his thoughts and desires. 

It is easy to declare that evil originates in man's thoughts, 
that the beginning of sin is in "the imaginations of the thoughts 
of the heart." But a rational adjustment of all things demands 
recognition of the fact that soundness of body is essential to pur- 
ity of mind ; that it is well-nigh, if not altogether impossible, for 
an individual to be actuated by lofty aspirations and hopeful 
views pertaining to life, when his physical being is disturbed by 
poisonous accretions or famished for vitalizing food elements. 
It is necessary to remove the secondary cause as well as the 
primary; removing the secondary, and making physical condi- 
tions as nearly perfect as possible, will help in the removal of 
the primary. The mental and physical must work together, 
that mind and body are supplementary agencies in establishing 
health and efficiency, that God and Nature are inseparable — this 
the New Commandment maintains as a fundamental truth; and 
cm it as a foundation must it stand or fall. 



MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 191 

Is there basis for this doctrine in revealed religion — in the 
Sacred Scriptures? 

There is. Listen to these words, coming down to us through 
the ages in thundering tones: 

"What satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy 
youth is renewed like the eagles." 

How many of the vast multitudes who have read these 
words ever gave a thought to their meaning? 

Yet how significant! How thoroughly in harmony with 
the doctrine of Life and Immortality; the New Commandment, 
that "filling the mouth with good things" is a requisite of the 
Immortality whose "youth is renewed like the eagles!" 

Let us hope this important passage in the Scripture may 
be more than a dead letter to all who read it in the light of tlie 
Christie Interpretation; that humankind may hasten to accept 
the trutli in its simplicity. Let no mystic or metaphysician le- 
gard it a materialistic doctrine which advocates that the youth 
of him whose mouth the Lord filleth with good things — ^natural, 
nutritious food — is renewed like the eagles. 

"Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, 
bless his holy (whole) name. 

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his bene- 
fits. 

"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy 
disease ; 

"Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth 
thee with loving kindness and tender mercies; 

"Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy 
youth is renewed like the eagles." — Ps. 103:1-5. 



192 MAKING HEALTH CERTAIN 

These verses, in exalted poetic expression, voice the doctrine 
of Life and Immortality. They honor God as the Giver of all 
good things ; and man as the recipient of them, or as the medium 
through whom the Infinite functions. These words portray a 
well-balanced philosophy; one that represents God and man as 
counterparts; each of the other; God and Nature as harmonious 
co-workers; a philosophy that recognizes physical means and 
agencies as thoroughly consistent with spiritual laws and divine 
graces. 

If the soul is to be pure and exalted, cleanse the body first; 
this is the way to Conscious Individuality; is making Heatlh 
certain. 



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